C05: The First Sunday after Christmas Day, Year C (2021)
December 20, 2021
“The “Lost Years”…sounds like a suspense TV series…“The Lost Years” can also refer to a big chunk of Jesus’s life,” says Scott Spencer, author and New Testament scholar. He continues, “From infancy to 30, we...
B05: The First Sunday after Christmas Day, Year B (2020)
December 21, 2020
“Today’s Gospel lesson, Luke 2:22-40, seems perfect for the end of a year, almost any year but perhaps especially this one. It’s the story of an old man holding a baby in his arms and...
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...
A05: The First Sunday after Christmas, Year A (2019)
December 23, 2019
“If the perfect Son of God were born into a perfect family, in a perfect way, in a perfect town, at a perfect time, then his message would probably only apply to perfect people,” says...
A04: The Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year A (2019)
December 16, 2019
“What are you dreaming about this Christmas?” asks Father Michael Renninger, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia. In today’s passage, Matthew 1:18-25, we find Mary and Joseph dreaming, perhaps dreaming about their...