A14: The First Sunday in Lent, Year A (2020)
February 24, 2020
Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of First Mennonite Church, Richmond, Virginia, begins by listing several temptations he faces…eating potato chips while watching TV, ordering a steak at a restaurant, buying a new sport coat or dress shirt,...
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...
C50: The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2019)
November 4, 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...
C03: The Third Sunday of Advent, Year C (2018)
December 10, 2018
Rev. Ryan Ahlgrim, Pastor of First Mennonite Church in Richmond, Virginia, begins this week’s sermon from Luke 3:7-18 by taking an inventory of his coat collection. “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who...
B42: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2018)
September 3, 2018
Ryan Ahlgrim, Pastor of First Mennonite Church in Richmond, Virginia, preaches the story of the Syrophoenician Woman from Mark 7:24-37. He begins by asking, “Is it hard for you to change your mind? Did you...