“Jesus and the Working Poor” (A43: Proper 20)
Jonah 3:10–4:11; Psalm 145:1-8; Philippians 1:21-30; Matthew 20:1-16 De La Torre explores the story of the “workers in the vineyard” from Matthew 20, and he says we need to stop “spiritualizing” the meaning. Instead, De...
“Dirty Money” (C43: Proper 20)
Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 and Psalm 79:1-9; Amos 8:4-7 and Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 16:1-13 Vargas begins his sermon with a profile of James W. Fifield, Jr.–the so-called “Apostle of Millionaires”–who became a sort of...
Rev. Randall explores the moments after Jesus’ baptism, as Jesus heads out to the wilderness preparing himself for the road ahead. As Jesus clears his heart and mind, he ends up rejecting three significant temptations:...
C43: The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
“I’m pregnant!” Father Michael Renninger, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia, overheard his 67-year-old mother say on the telephone. He, of course, was confused. Later his mother said to him, “Michael, didn’t...
C17: The Third Sunday in Lent, Year C (2022)
“Lately it’s been hard to escape the topic of money…Money, it seems, is a human obsession,” says Amy Starr Redwine, pastor of Richmond’s First Presbyterian Church. Redwine quotes Author and philanthropic critic, Edgar Villanueva, “Money...