“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...

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....

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....

“I’ll never forget the time we took our daughters to Washington, D.C., for a short trip and of all the things they saw there, the teeth and bones probably fascinated them more than anything else…I...

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...