“Denying Power, Privilege, and the Purse” ” (C15: First Sunday in Lent)
Rev. Randall explores the moments after Jesus’ baptism, as Jesus heads out to the wilderness preparing himself for the road ahead. As Jesus clears his heart and mind, he ends up rejecting three significant temptations:...
C15: The First Sunday in Lent, Year C (2022)
“It makes light of the temptation of Jesus, doesn’t it, to compare it to that feeling we have when the waiter asks us if we’d like to see a dessert menu? Yes, we’d like to...
C15: The First Sunday in Lent, Year C (2019)
What’s so special about Lent? Carla Pratt Keyes says, “Lent provides us with a space to examine the stories we tell, to face the feelings behind those stories, to name the longing and pain and...
C12: The First Sunday in Lent, Year C (2016)
On this first Sunday of Lent, Father Michael Renninger, Pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia, asks a thought-provoking question. He tells of watching a panel of political analysts discussing candidates. Renninger asks,...