A32: The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
June 29, 2020
“After the hard sayings of Jesus over the last few weeks it is a relief to come to this week’s Gospel lesson from Matthew 11:25-30,” says Jim Somerville, pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and...
Perhaps you’ve heard the saying, “Heaven helps those who help themselves,” says Rev. Dr. Kristin Adkins Whitesides, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church, Winchester, Virginia. The self-help industry is worth about $10 billion according to...
C30: The Second Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2019)
June 17, 2019
“We’ve all had experiences where something disrupts the norm and somebody does something that is inappropriate,” says Brian McLaren in his introduction to this week’s sermon. This naked man running around a graveyard in Luke...
C26: The Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year C (2019)
May 20, 2019
In today’s sermon, Will Willimon tells the story of a friend who, at mid-life, decided that he wanted to learn how to fly. Willimon remembers, “He felt growing anxiety in himself as he contemplated that...
B16.2: The Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year B
March 5, 2018
William H. Willimon, United Methodist Bishop and Professor of the Practice of Ministry at Duke Divinity School, preaches a sermon called “Can I Get a Simple Answer?” from John 3:14-21. He says, “Poisonous serpents, a...