“Where would we be without the faith of Mary and Elizabeth?” ponders Phillip Martin, pastor of Epiphany Lutheran Church in Richmond, Virginia. In today’s passage from Luke 1:39-45 (46-55), Mary allows herself to become God’s...

In today’s passage, Zephaniah 3:14-20, the prophet Zephaniah invited the people to “rejoice, to not be afraid, and to believe that God would bring healing and restoration…[Zephaniah] spoke these words to a people whose lives...

“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...

“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...

“Will you marry me?…That’s one of those questions that literally changes your life…People have told me about other questions that changed their lives,” begins Father Michael Renninger, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richmond,...