“In Those Days”
Rev. Grace Imathiu is Pastor of First United Methodist Church in Evanston, Illinois, and an international speaker. She was born and raised in Kenya. Her father is a retired Bishop of the Methodist Church in...
A14: The First Sunday in Lent, Year A (2023)
David Lose, Senior Pastor of Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, preaches from Matthew 4:1-11, the story of Jesus’ temptation. Lose says that the authors of Matthew and Luke believe that “in the story...
C15: The First Sunday in Lent, Year C (2022)
“It makes light of the temptation of Jesus, doesn’t it, to compare it to that feeling we have when the waiter asks us if we’d like to see a dessert menu? Yes, we’d like to...
B13: The First Sunday in Lent, Year B (2021)
In 1825, on the banks of the Wabash River in Indiana, an old town called New Harmony was founded. This town was to be the perfect society. Many wonderful things happened there, but within four...
A14: The First Sunday in Lent, Year A (2020)
Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of First Mennonite Church, Richmond, Virginia, begins by listing several temptations he faces…eating potato chips while watching TV, ordering a steak at a restaurant, buying a new sport coat or dress shirt,...