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...
A45: The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
After spending a lovely morning at Melk Abbey, Father Michael Renninger, pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church, Richmond, Virginia, made the mistake of looking at his phone when he got back on the bus. He...
A44: The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
Remember the old light bulb joke? Brian Blount, recently retired President and Professor of New Testament at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, VA, remembers the first time he heard it. It was 1977. His brother,...
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...
A41: The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
“When someone in the church harms us in some way, what should we do? How should we respond? Many people would say, ‘Forgive!’ What could be more Christian, more spiritual, more biblical than to forgive?”...