C32: The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
June 27, 2022
“In order to communicate truth, most of the times, humans use prose…full sentences, complete paragraphs, linear logic. Prose is fine for propositional truth or for flat, mundane things…But, at times, in order to move people...
C29: Trinity Sunday, Year C (2022)
June 6, 2022
Frank Thomas preaches a sermon on Psalm 8 called, “Discoveries in Deep Space Infinity.” Thomas serves as the Nettie Sweeney and Hugh Th. Miller Professor of Homiletics and Director of the PhD program in African...
A03: The Third Sunday of Advent, Year A (2019)
December 9, 2019
Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of First Mennonite Church, Richmond, Virginia, tells the following story. “One day a tourist approached an Amish man and asked him, ‘Are you a Christian?’ Instead of answering, the Amish man pointed...
You would expect Psalm 66 to invite Israel, God’s chosen people, to praise the Lord. However, in a surprisingly magnanimous gesture, the psalmist invites the whole earth to praise the God of Israel. Listen as...
C20: Palm/Passion Sunday, Year C (2019)
April 8, 2019
Easter rolls around once every year, but so does Palm Sunday. How does a preacher keep those stories fresh and relevant for his or her congregation? By combing through familiar texts in search of something...