“Letting Go”
Courtney Allen Crump is Pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia. She begins this week’s sermon from Mark 10:17-31 by saying, “Jesus’s directive for the rich man to sell his possessions and give the...
“If You’re Going to Live in My Love”
The Rev. Carla Pratt Keyes, Pastor of Ginter Park Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia, preaches a sermon called, “If You’re Going to Live in My Love,” from John 15:9-17. “I have to say,” she begins, “I...
“When You Don’t Know What to Do”
MaryAnn McKibben Dana, popular preacher, speaker, writer, and retreat leader, preaches a sermon from Mark 9:2-9 called, “When You Don’t Know What to Do.” She begins with a quote: “When a system doesn’t know what...
“Can I Get the Jesus Option?”
The Rev. Dr. Gary Charles is the recently retired pastor of Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia, currently serving Cove Presbyterian Church in Covesville, Virginia. In this sermon from Mark 1:14-20 he says, “I’m often...
A52: The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of Richmond’s First Mennonite Church, says, “unlike Aesop’s Fables, Jesus’s parables are not always easy to understand. Some of his parables are downright puzzling.” He finds today’s parable of the talents from...