A43: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
“When I step back and look at the whole picture, transgressions and confessions are really the crux of it. At our best, most of what’s going on is forgiveness and compassion. Isn’t that the case...
C44: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
“About a year ago a house on my way to and home from church got painted pink. All the other houses along that street are plain-colored, ordinary-looking houses. That whole house, however, from the ground...
B42: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
In this Sunday’s sermon, “Low Anthropology,” from James 3:1-12, Jason Micheli, pastor of Annandale United Methodist Church in Annandale, Virginia, begins by quoting an essay entitled Confessions of a Bad Christian by Harrison Scott Key....
A43: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
“The parables Jesus tells are often people’s most favorite parts of the New Testament because so much of the time the parables give us characters and stories that we love,” begins Phillip Martin, pastor of...
C44: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2019)
“My youngest son has the remarkable gift of laser-like focus. Whenever he is playing with legos or reading a book, the rest of the world falls away…” begins Rev. Dr. Kristin Adkins Whitesides, Senior Pastor...