“Teeth and Bones”
April 8, 2024
“I’ll never forget the time we took our daughters to Washington, D.C., for a short trip and of all the things they saw there, the teeth and bones probably fascinated them more than anything else…I...
“Anything But Normal”
January 22, 2024
“Those who gathered thought it was going to another normal Sabbath in the Capernaum synagogue,” begins Richard Voelz, Professor of Preaching and Worship at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. In today’s passage from Mark...
“When the Lights Go Out”
January 1, 2024
“All of a sudden, everything got dark. It was Christmas Eve, many years ago…This year, we had decorated our tree with twinkle lights…We had never seen anything like it…And neither had our cat…Before we knew...
A48: The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
October 16, 2023
Carla Pratt Keyes, pastor of Ginter Park Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia, preaches a sermon called “The Caesar Question” based on Matthew 22:15-22. In today’s passage, the Pharisees and Herodians asked Jesus a question designed...
A46: The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
October 2, 2023
“Joy is a substance in our lives that is often conflated and mistaken for happiness. Indeed, you can experience happiness and joy at the same time but there is something long-lasting about joy. Happiness is...