“The Gift of Bold Action” (A09: Third Sunday After the Epiphany)
Isaiah 9:1-4; Psalm 27:1,4-9; 1 Corinthians 1:10-18; Matthew 4:12-23 Spivey mines a passage in Matthew, uncovering how God “presents two gifts of bold action. Each gift is an opportunity to act, to make a change....
A53: Reign of Christ Sunday, Year A (2023)
Rev. Ginger E. Gaines-Cirelli, Pastor of Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, DC, preaches a sermon called “Invisible Christ” from Matthew 25:31-46. Cirelli says, “Notice that in our parable today Jesus isn’t telling us to...
A04: The Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year A (2022)
“Grief comes before joy. In today’s story… and in so much of life. Our reading today tells the story of Christmas, but it’s not the story we know and love,” begins David Lose, Senior Pastor...
C13: The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C (2022)
“Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who abuse you.” These words from today’s passage, Luke 6:27-38, are probably the most “radical, ridiculous, and...
B27: Trinity Sunday, Year B (2021)
“Hey, it’s Trinity Sunday. Hold onto your hats. We are about to do a deep dive into one of the most complex, wonderful of Christian beliefs…We’re going to talk about God this Sunday called Trinity,...