B47: The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
October 11, 2021
“In a book called The Critical Years, Sharon Parks writes about going to Harvard as a new chaplain.” At a reception, a professor shared with her how hard it had been to send his son...
B23: The Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B (2021)
April 26, 2021
“One day I was walking through a quiet neighborhood. I noticed a church building, or at least, I thought it was a church building. I wasn’t quite sure…What was throwing me off was that it...
A28: Trinity Sunday, Year A (2020)
June 1, 2020
“I don’t think I’ve ever come across anyone who isn’t in some way fascinated by the world around them,” begins Phillip Martin, pastor of Epiphany Lutheran Church in Richmond, Virginia. On Trinity Sunday, Martin expounds...
A27: The Day of Pentecost, Year A (2020)
May 25, 2020
Have you ever tried to teach Biblical concepts to a group of three year olds? Judy Kincaid, winner of our 2020 Pentecost Preaching Contest and pastor of Little Elk Creek Lutheran Church in Menomonie, Wisconsin,...
Two priests walk into a bar and see Jesus. It sounds like a good punch line for a joke. But Phillip Martin, pastor of Epiphany Lutheran Church in Richmond, Virginia, tells how he and a...