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John Rohrs, Rector of St. Stephens Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia, delivers a homily on the Beatitudes of Jesus from Matthew 5:1-12. We often hear Jesus saying that the poor, the meek, and the mourning...
“It’s an old story…a story that comes out of Israel’s first days as a kingdom…It is a story that continues even today,” begins Will Willimon, professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry at Duke Divinity...
Popular preacher, author, and retreat leader MaryAnn McKibben Dana takes a second look at “Gentle Mary, meek and mild,” and finds some thunder in her voice. The words of the Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55) have very...
Dr. Brian Blount, President of Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, and former Professor of New Testament at Princeton, preaches a sermon from Mark 1:4-11 called, “God on the Loose.” Dr. Blount begins with the...
Carla Pratt Keyes, Pastor of Ginter Park Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia, preaches the parable of the Sower from Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 in a sermon called “All Ground Is Holy.” She asks, “What if we...