Rev. Dr. Kristin Adkins Whitesides, pastor of First Baptist Church, Winchester, Virginia begins today’s sermon by admitting that she doesn’t like tension in movies or book plots. She admits that sometimes she’ll skip to the...
A02: The Second Sunday of Advent, Year A (2022)
November 28, 2022
“By the end of the twentieth century, over 130 million people died in war. And then came 9/11. Our country initiated a ‘global war on terror.’…There have been wars in Africa and wars in the...
C38: The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
August 8, 2022
“Today’s Gospel lesson, Luke 12:49-56, is hard! Jesus asks, ‘Did you think I came to bring peace to the earth?’ Well, yes, Jesus, yes, I did. You are the Prince of Peace. I don’t like...
C20: Palm/Passion Sunday, Year C (2022)
April 4, 2022
“He was minding his own business. But he ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time…or so it seemed…Luke’s Gospel (Luke 23:26) says that on a certain Friday 2000 years ago, a man...
C02: The Second Sunday of Advent, Year C (2021)
November 29, 2021
“Advent, this ‘getting ready’ season, can so easily become a season that is all about doing. Mostly, we get ready by working really hard,” begins Amy Starr Redwine pastor of Richmond’s First Presbyterian Church. She...