“The Strong Stand Firm” (C50: Proper 27)
Haggai 1:15b-2:9 and Psalm 145:1-5, 17-21 or Psalm 98; Job 19:23-27a and Psalm 17:1-9; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17; Luke 20:27-38 Herron says: “Reading these lines from the letter to the church in Thessalonica helps us...
“Who’s In and Who’s Out?”
Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of First Mennonite Church of Richmond, Virginia, begins this week’s sermon by saying, “When it comes to immigration, our country and many other countries wrestle with the question of who can be...
B50: The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
When it comes to immigration, our country and many other countries wrestle with the question of “who can be included and who should be excluded,” begins Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of First Mennonite Church of Richmond,...
B44: The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
Perhaps one of the most familiar lines from the book of Esther is when Mordecai reminds Esther that she was in her current position in the king’s court “for such a time as this…” In...
A32: The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2017)
Rev. Rachel May takes on that difficult saying of Jesus, “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me” (Matthew 10:40-42), and especially the idea that those who welcome his disciples will be “rewarded.” What? Does Jesus have a...