C52: Reign of Christ Sunday, Year C (2022)
November 14, 2022
“When I was a kid, we used to play a game on the school playground called ‘King of the Hill.’…Somebody would climb up on a mound of dirt at one corner of the playground and...
C20: Palm/Passion Sunday, Year C (2022)
April 4, 2022
“He was minding his own business. But he ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time…or so it seemed…Luke’s Gospel (Luke 23:26) says that on a certain Friday 2000 years ago, a man...
B15: The Third Sunday in Lent, Year B (2021)
March 1, 2021
Phillip Martin, pastor of Epiphany Lutheran Church in Richmond, Virginia says he had to laugh at something his first-grade daughter said about rules in elementary school, where they reward good behavior by moving a clothespin...
A26: The Seventh Sunday of Easter, Year A (2020)
May 18, 2020
Father Michael Renninger, Pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia, remembers showing a visitor around the sanctuary of his church. I don’t like your cross,” the man said. “Why?” Renninger asked “Look at...
Perhaps you’ve heard the saying, “Heaven helps those who help themselves,” says Rev. Dr. Kristin Adkins Whitesides, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church, Winchester, Virginia. The self-help industry is worth about $10 billion according to...