C44: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
September 19, 2022
“About a year ago a house on my way to and home from church got painted pink. All the other houses along that street are plain-colored, ordinary-looking houses. That whole house, however, from the ground...
C40: The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
August 22, 2022
“No matter what the circumstances are, I think everyone likes the feeling of getting a better seat somewhere than the one you were originally given…One time about twelve years or so ago I found myself...
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...