A09: The Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A (2020)
January 20, 2020
“Where are you a local?” asks Reverend Amy Starr Redwine, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Virginia. In today’s passage, Matthew 4:12-23, we learn that Jesus does not go to his local places to find...
A08: The Second Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A (2020)
January 13, 2020
Perhaps you are familiar with the Irish rock band U2’s song lyrics, “I have climbed highest mountain, I have run through the fields…but I still haven’t found what I’m looking for, ” begins Jim Somerville,...
A07: The Baptism of the Lord, Year A (2020)
January 6, 2020
Today’s sermon, titled “Identity Statement” is based on Matthew 3:13-17, the baptism of Jesus. Dr. Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, summarizes the account of...
A06: The Second Sunday after Christmas, Year A (2020)
December 30, 2019
“To live as God’s children in the world is hard. It means choosing the kinds of things Jesus chose,” says Carla Pratt Keyes, pastor of Ginter Park Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia. But how do...
A02: The Second Sunday of Advent, Year A (2019)
December 2, 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,...