A36: The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
July 24, 2023
In today’s passage from Matthew 13:31-33 and 44-52, Jesus speaks in parables to describe the kingdom of heaven. Richard Voelz, Associate Professor of Preaching & Worship and the Director of The Bridge for Early Career...
A20: The Resurrection of the Lord, Year A (2023)
April 3, 2023
On Easter Sunday we celebrate the good news of Jesus’ resurrection, but that’s not all. In 1 Corinthians 15 the Apostle Paul reminds us that we, too, will be raised from the dead. “How can...
C42: The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
September 5, 2022
“‘I once was lost but now am found. Was blind but now I see.’ I can’t begin to count how many times I’ve sung these famous lines from John Newton’s “Amazing Grace.” I learned the...
A43: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
September 14, 2020
“The parables Jesus tells are often people’s most favorite parts of the New Testament because so much of the time the parables give us characters and stories that we love,” begins Phillip Martin, pastor of...
A36: The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
July 27, 2020
“Today’s story from Matthew 14:13-21 where Jesus feeds a multitude in the desert, is the only miracle story that all four gospel writers tell, which means it must have been a very important story in...