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...
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...
C03: The Third Sunday of Advent, Year C (2018)
December 10, 2018
Rev. Ryan Ahlgrim, Pastor of First Mennonite Church in Richmond, Virginia, begins this week’s sermon from Luke 3:7-18 by taking an inventory of his coat collection. “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who...
B43: The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2018)
September 10, 2018
Anna Carter Florence, Peter Marshall Professor of Preaching at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia, shares this Sunday’s sermon on Mark 8:27-38. Jesus asks his disciples a simple question: “Who do you say I am?”...
B05: The First Sunday after Christmas Day, Year B (2017)
December 25, 2017
Mississippi native Courtney Allen Crump, Pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia, preaches a sermon called, “Do You Know God’s Middle Name?” based on the Gospel lesson from Luke 2:22-40 and a comment from...