The Honorable Rev. Wendell Griffen explores this week’s texts, encouraging Christians to work “together” for justice in the world. Wendell L. Griffen is well-known as a lawyer, jurist, legal educator, religious leader, and public speaker....
B22: The Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year B (2021)
“It happened three years ago. Pope Francis went to visit a small church in Rome. As part of his visit, five children were selected to ask the Pope a question,” begins Father Michael Renninger, pastor...
You would expect Psalm 66 to invite Israel, God’s chosen people, to praise the Lord. However, in a surprisingly magnanimous gesture, the psalmist invites the whole earth to praise the God of Israel. Listen as...
C10: The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C (2016)
“Don’t you dare leave! Sometimes love looks like this!” Michael Renninger’s grandmother told him, as his paralyzed grandfather lay in bed covered in “green goop” from his feeding tube. This scene taught Renninger a lesson...
B44: The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2015)
Brian McLaren, speaker, activist, and bestselling author of Faith after Doubt, Do I Stay Christian?, and, most recently, Life after Doom, preaches on Mark 9:38-50. McLaren begins by explaining the migration of humans from their...