A35: The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
July 17, 2023
“Here’s a question for you: What are good, God-fearing people like you and me supposed to do about all the evil in the world? Although you won’t find it anywhere in the Gospel of Matthew,...
A34: The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
July 10, 2023
The parable of the Sower from Matthew 13:1-9 and 18-23 reminded Michael Renninger, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia, of a story from his childhood. His family moved to a new home...
C47: The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
October 10, 2022
In today’s sermon, Debie Thomas, Minister of Lifelong Formation at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Palo Alto, California and blogger at Journey with Jesus, explores the parable of the “persistent widow” from Luke 18:1-8. This...
C44: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
September 19, 2022
“About a year ago a house on my way to and home from church got painted pink. All the other houses along that street are plain-colored, ordinary-looking houses. That whole house, however, from the ground...
C43: The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
September 12, 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...