A34: The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (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)
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)
“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)
“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...
C40: The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
“No matter what the circumstances are, I think everyone likes the feeling of getting a better seat somewhere than the one you were originally given…One time about twelve years or so ago I found myself...