C50: The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2016)
“It’s not everyday that the Bible makes a grown man cry. But I remember one day that it did. It was this passage from Luke’s gospel that did it,” begins Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s...
C45: The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2016)
“If I were making a list of all the things I wish Jesus never said, this saying about having faith the size of a mustard seed would be near the top…because it makes people think...
C46: The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2016)
In October, a month that often focuses on stewardship in churches, it could be tempting for a pastor to use today’s passage, Luke 17:11-19, the story of the ten lepers, to preach on tithing. Ten...
C39: The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2016)
“On the surface it sounds like a typical healing story from the gospels. Jesus is in a public place on the Sabbath day. Someone comes to him with a need. Jesus sees the need, feels...
C34: The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2016)
If you saw the sermon title “The Worst Church Member Ever” on the marquee, would you come to church expecting an awards ceremony of some kind? Would you come to find out who “won”? Would...