A44: The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
September 18, 2023
How quickly we forget! The Israelites had just been freed from bondage in Egypt by crossing the Red Sea on dry land, escaping the pursuing Egyptian army, who drowned when the walls of water crashed...
C45: The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
September 26, 2022
The Rev. Dr. Joy J. Moore, Professor of Biblical Preaching at Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota, begins today’s sermon by quoting Elton John’s song, “If There’s A God In Heaven (What’s He Waiting For?)”...
B43: The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
September 13, 2021
Father Michael Renninger, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia begins today’s sermon, “Doing It Right,” with a story about a classmate he and his fellow seminarians disliked. He said, “When she showed...
A44: The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
September 21, 2020
Remember the old light bulb joke? Brian Blount, recently retired President and Professor of New Testament at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, VA, remembers the first time he heard it. It was 1977. His brother,...
C45: The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2019)
September 30, 2019
Can you find the book of Habakkuk in your Bible? Can you use it as a Scrabble word? (those “K’s” are worth 5 points apiece!). It is an often-overlooked book, and yet the Word of...