C44: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
September 19, 2022
“About a year ago a house on my way to and home from church got painted pink. All the other houses along that street are plain-colored, ordinary-looking houses. That whole house, however, from the ground...
C36: The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
July 25, 2022
“Does it spark joy?” That’s what the star of “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo” wants to know about our possessions, and Jesus might agree. In this Sunday’s Gospel lesson he breaks the news that one’s...
C44: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2019)
September 23, 2019
“My youngest son has the remarkable gift of laser-like focus. Whenever he is playing with legos or reading a book, the rest of the world falls away…” begins Rev. Dr. Kristin Adkins Whitesides, Senior Pastor...
B47: The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2018)
October 8, 2018
The Rev. Jason Micheli is the Pastor of Annandale United Methodist Church in Annandale, Virginia. But don’t let that distinguished title fool you. He is also the mind behind the “Tamed Cynic” blog and the...
C44: The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2016)
August 29, 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,...