A52: The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of Richmond’s First Mennonite Church, says, “unlike Aesop’s Fables, Jesus’s parables are not always easy to understand. Some of his parables are downright puzzling.” He finds today’s parable of the talents from...
A51: The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
Rev. Ginger E. Gaines Cirelli, Pastor of Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, DC, preaches a sermon called “What’s It Gonna Be?” from Joshua 24:1-3a and 14-25. She says of today’s passage, “This moment is...
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...
A49: The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
Rev. Dr. Jonathan C. Augustine, senior pastor of St. Joseph AME Church in Durham, North Carolina, begins today’s sermon by discussing one of the most influential books he has ever read, Good to Great by...
A48: The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (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...
A47: The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
“Over the past few years, all of us have had some experiences that affirm the fact life is unpredictable…With all the unpredictable things that happen in life, it’s a blessing to know where we have...