C09: The Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C (2022)
January 17, 2022
Carla Pratt Keyes, pastor of Ginter Park Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia, begins today’s sermon with the poem “Lycanthropy of a Black Boy,” written by Richmond’s Poet Laureate, Roscoe Burnems. Keyes connects this poem to...
C08: The Second Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C (2022)
January 10, 2022
“When I was growing up, we would often go to my grandparents’ house in South Carolina for a week or so in the summer time,” begins Kristin Adkins Whitesides, pastor of First Baptist Church, Winchester,...
C07: Baptism of the Lord, Year C (2022)
January 7, 2022
Ryan Ahlgrim, Pastor of First Mennonite Church in Richmond, Virginia, broaches the subject of Jesus’ baptism (Luke 3:15-17, 21-22) by talking about the importance of timing. He confesses that in his ministry there have been...
C06: Epiphany of the Lord, Year C (2022)
December 27, 2021
“Several years ago, right after Christmas I found some of those automatic timers that can be hooked onto lamps…I fixed the timers on a few…lamps and tried to arrange it so they’d come on during...
C06: The Second Sunday after Christmas Day, Year C (2022)
December 27, 2021
“My mother would tell you, flat out, that her favorite Gospel was the Gospel of John…A lot of people agree,” begins Scott Spencer, author and New Testament scholar. He continues, “It’s hard to match John’s...