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...
C14: Transfiguration Sunday, Year C (2019)
February 25, 2019
In this Sunday’s sermon from Luke 9:28-36, Father Michael Renninger, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia, tells the story of a mother who was dying of cancer, and yet still seemed to...
B48: The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2018)
October 15, 2018
In today’s sermon, Ginger Gaines-Cirelli, Senior Pastor of the historic Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, DC, preaches on Mark 10:35-45. She says, “What Jesus teaches challenges anyone with privilege, anyone who has power over...