A03: The Third Sunday of Advent, Year A (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...
C51: The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2019)
Imagine being called into your boss’s office and being told that you’re just not cut out for your position, the one you had dreamed about as a child. Michael Renninger pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic...
C50: The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2019)
Perhaps one of the most debated topics in Christianity is death and the afterlife. Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of First Mennonite Church in Richmond, Virginia, asks, “Is it either you trust in life after death or...
C40: The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2019)
“A church I served developed a clever evening of fellowship called ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?’,” begins the Reverend Amy Starr Redwine, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Virginia. A family in the church agreed...
C25: The Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year C (2019)
“‘Short passage…big message…love one another, love one another, love one another…any questions?’ This is how I once heard a preacher describe these few verses from John’s gospel,” begins Courtney Allen Crump, pastor of Grace Baptist...