A52: The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
November 13, 2023
Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of Richmond’s First Mennonite Church, says, “unlike Aesop’s Fables, Jesus’s parables are not always easy to understand. Some of his parables are downright puzzling.” He finds today’s parable of the talents from...
A14: The First Sunday in Lent, Year A (2023)
February 20, 2023
David Lose, Senior Pastor of Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, preaches from Matthew 4:1-11, the story of Jesus’ temptation. Lose says that the authors of Matthew and Luke believe that “in the story...
A02: The Second Sunday of Advent, Year A (2022)
November 28, 2022
“By the end of the twentieth century, over 130 million people died in war. And then came 9/11. Our country initiated a ‘global war on terror.’…There have been wars in Africa and wars in the...
C24: The Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year C (2022)
May 2, 2022
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” These words begin one of the most recognizable and familiar psalms. In today’s sermon, Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of Richmond’s First Mennonite Church, admits that he reached...
C18: The Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year C (2022)
March 21, 2022
“At times, we get eager. We try to hurry life up. We talk about this time next year, what we are going to do this summer, or next spring…But it is important to be fully...