A33: The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
July 3, 2023
“But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another…” begins today’s passage from Matthew 11:16-19 and 25-30. Rev. Phillip Martin, pastor of Epiphany...
B47: The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
October 11, 2021
“In a book called The Critical Years, Sharon Parks writes about going to Harvard as a new chaplain.” At a reception, a professor shared with her how hard it had been to send his son...
B07: The Baptism of the Lord, Year B (2021)
January 4, 2021
“In order to get to the crux of this Gospel reading this morning, Mark 1:4-11, we’re essentially going to have to forget everything we’ve heard and talked about for the last three or four weeks....
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,...
A03: The Third Sunday of Advent, Year A (2019)
December 9, 2019
Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of First Mennonite Church, Richmond, Virginia, tells the following story. “One day a tourist approached an Amish man and asked him, ‘Are you a Christian?’ Instead of answering, the Amish man pointed...