B42: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
In this Sunday’s sermon, “Low Anthropology,” from James 3:1-12, Jason Micheli, pastor of Annandale United Methodist Church in Annandale, Virginia, begins by quoting an essay entitled Confessions of a Bad Christian by Harrison Scott Key....
A45: The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
After spending a lovely morning at Melk Abbey, Father Michael Renninger, pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church, Richmond, Virginia, made the mistake of looking at his phone when he got back on the bus. He...
A42: The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
In today’s Gospel lesson, Matthew 18:21-35, Peter wanted to know the statute of limitations on sin. “How many times should I forgive?” Brian K. Blount, President and Professor of New Testament at Union Presbyterian Seminary,...
A41: The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
“When someone in the church harms us in some way, what should we do? How should we respond? Many people would say, ‘Forgive!’ What could be more Christian, more spiritual, more biblical than to forgive?”...
A02: The Second Sunday of Advent, Year A (2019)
“But still, he is a really nice guy…the tell-tale words we use too often to soften the unkind things we say about others.” David Lose, Senior Pastor of Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota,...