C33: The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
July 4, 2022
“I want to start out with a bit of news that will, I have little doubt, not shock you. And here it is: People in power like to control speech. That is, they don’t like...
B31: The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
June 21, 2021
“I grew up with two little sisters. Most of the arguments in our house centered around our rooms not being clean. My mother wanted me to make my bed every day. My response was, “Why...
A32: The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
June 29, 2020
“After the hard sayings of Jesus over the last few weeks it is a relief to come to this week’s Gospel lesson from Matthew 11:25-30,” says Jim Somerville, pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and...
C33: The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2019)
July 8, 2019
A lawyer asks Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus responds with the most famous parable of all, The Parable of the Good Samaritan, from Luke 10:25-37. The Rev. Dr. Amy Butler, Interim Senior Minister at...
A33: The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2017)
July 2, 2017
Father Michael Renninger, Pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia, preaches a sermon from Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 called, “Pulling Together with Jesus.” “My yoke is easy and my burden is light,” Jesus said,...