A51: The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
“At one of the men’s lunch groups this week, the topic of year-end performance appraisals came up. This particular men’s lunch group is made up of men who are not yet retired, and I deduced...
A47: The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
In Matthew 22:15-22, the Pharisees tried to trick Jesus by asking him about paying taxes. His answer is familiar to us. “Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God...
A43: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (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...
A39: The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
Phillip Martin’s mother refused to buy him cheap relics on vacations. Instead, she suggested he pick up rocks. He did so, but years later, he could not remember where each stone came from and which...
A28: Trinity Sunday, Year A (2020)
“I don’t think I’ve ever come across anyone who isn’t in some way fascinated by the world around them,” begins Phillip Martin, pastor of Epiphany Lutheran Church in Richmond, Virginia. On Trinity Sunday, Martin expounds...