A25: The Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year A (2020)
May 11, 2020
Does what you believe or not believe matter? Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of First Mennonite Church, Richmond, Virginia, preaches from Acts 17:22-31. Paul teaches in Athens where the temples/shrines to all the local gods were located...
A23: The Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year A (2020)
April 27, 2020
Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of First Mennonite Church, Richmond, Virginia, begins by sharing how he was zealous for trying to convert people as a teenager. However, when asked how many he had converted, he was embarrassed...
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...