C01: The First Sunday of Advent, Year C (2021)
November 22, 2021
“Advent is that time when we get ready for the coming of Christ, both his first and second coming. But honestly, is anyone still waiting for Christ to come back?” That’s the question that guides...
B31: The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
June 21, 2021
“I grew up with two little sisters. Most of the arguments in our house centered around our rooms not being clean. My mother wanted me to make my bed every day. My response was, “Why...
B42: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2018)
September 3, 2018
Ryan Ahlgrim, Pastor of First Mennonite Church in Richmond, Virginia, preaches the story of the Syrophoenician Woman from Mark 7:24-37. He begins by asking, “Is it hard for you to change your mind? Did you...
A39: The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2017)
August 13, 2017
Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon from Matthew 15:21-28 called “Jesus on Vacation.” “He was exhausted,” Somerville says. “Everywhere he went people...
B41: The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2015)
September 6, 2015
The Rev. Dr. Barbara Lundblad, the “Dame Judy Dench” of the preaching world (wink), preaches the story of the Syrophoenician Woman from Mark 7:24-37. This woman only gets one line in the Gospel, Lundblad notes....