C48: The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2016)
“Whenever a parable seems this clear, this obvious, this straightforward, it most definitely is not,” says Rev. Mandy England Cole, in regard to the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector from Luke 18:9-14....
C47: The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2016)
Dr. Valerie Carter Smith, Executive Director of the Woman’s Missionary Union of Virginia, is herself a “persistent widow.” While her minister husband was alive, he did most of the talking, but now it is Valerie...
C43: The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2016)
Rev. Rachel May dares to ask the question of how we read biblical texts. She wonders if we have been mis-reading the parable of the “Dishonest Manager” from Luke 16:1-13 all these years. Could we...
C44: The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2016)
“You didn’t even notice me!” the voice shouted. However, Father Michael Renninger, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia, couldn’t tell from where the voice came. Having left a beautiful service at church,...
C36: The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2016)
“What If Everyone Did That?” is a children’s book that Rev. Rachel May uses for her children’s time on the parable of the Rich Fool from Luke 12:13-21. You might wonder how this relates to...