“Signs of the Divine” (A16: Fourth Sunday in Lent)
1 Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 23; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 “Today’s gospel passage is one with so many twists and turns,” says Shearer. “On the surface, it’s yet another simple miracle story of Jesus — this...
“The Accidental Sinner”
The woman who had just rear ended Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, came running at him, shaking her fists. “It was your fault!…This whole...
B01: The First Sunday of Advent (2023)
Today’s passages from Isaiah 64:1-9 and Mark 13:24-37 remind Jim Somerville, pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, of the time that he accidentally toppled over the Chrismon...
A31: The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
Carla Pratt Keyes, pastor of Ginter Park Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia preaches a sermon called “Be Who You Are” from Romans 6:1b-11. Keyes shares a conversation from a podcast by Kate Bowler in which...
C33: The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
“I want to start out with a bit of news that will, I have little doubt, not shock you. And here it is: People in power like to control speech. That is, they don’t like...