A05: The Nativity of the Lord, Year A (2016)
December 8, 2016
Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, agrees with the author of Ecclesiastes that there is a time to mourn, but there is also a time...
A03: The Third Sunday of Advent, Year A (2016)
December 2, 2016
Rev. Rachel May re-draws the traditional picture of Mary in this sermon from Luke 1:46b-55, the alternate Gospel reading for this Sunday. There’s Mary, singing her heart out in “the Magnificat.” There’s Elizabeth, cheering her...
C34: The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2016)
July 10, 2016
If you saw the sermon title “The Worst Church Member Ever” on the marquee, would you come to church expecting an awards ceremony of some kind? Would you come to find out who “won”? Would...
C16: The Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year C (2016)
March 5, 2016
“If you knew there was a Bible story about a woman and Jesus and some perfume, but you couldn’t quite remember who the woman was or when in Jesus’ ministry she went to him or...
C04: The Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year C (2015)
December 20, 2015
The Rev. MaryAnn McKibben Dana preaches this Sunday’s assigned reading from Luke 1:39-45, sometimes blandly titled: “Mary Visits Elizabeth.” But there is nothing bland about this visit. Mary has just received life changing news from...