C25: The Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year C (2022)
May 9, 2022
“Several summers ago I went hiking with some friends in the beautiful mountains of Glacier National Park in Montana…We came upon a long portion of the trail…that had been completely burned to the ground just...
C14: Transfiguration Sunday, Year C (2022)
February 21, 2022
Rev. Phillip Martin, pastor of Epiphany Lutheran Church in Richmond, Virginia, compares his recent experience with jury duty to the Transfiguration in Luke 9:28-36, (37-43a). He explains how he was sequestered for three days, listened...
C04: The Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year C (2021)
December 13, 2021
“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...
B38: The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
August 9, 2021
Phillip Martin, pastor of Epiphany Lutheran Church in Richmond, Virginia begins today’s sermon with a story of how he received the pizza delivery guy at the altar right as he was about to start Communion....
B37: The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
August 2, 2021
In today’s Gospel reading from John 6:35, 41-51, “Jesus makes a lot of very bold claims about himself, but these promises about no longer hungering and no longer thirsting are some of the most impressive....