“Live What You Rap About”
Chris Burton, Director of the Leadership Institute at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, operator of an antiracism consulting firm (Di Baddest Consulting), and co-host of the podcast CrossStreets, begins his sermon from James 3:1-12...
“Anything But Normal”
“Those who gathered thought it was going to another normal Sabbath in the Capernaum synagogue,” begins Richard Voelz, Professor of Preaching and Worship at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. In today’s passage from Mark...
A46: The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
“Joy is a substance in our lives that is often conflated and mistaken for happiness. Indeed, you can experience happiness and joy at the same time but there is something long-lasting about joy. Happiness is...
A40: The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
“Cover your ears because Psalm 138 is full-throated, wide open, unabashed, and unashamed thanksgiving to God. The Psalmist does not hold back from opening their heart and mouth wide to sing God’s praise…this is a...
A37: The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
Dr. Chris Burton, Director of the Leadership Institute at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, operator of an antiracism consulting firm, Di Baddist Consulting, and co-host of the podcast CrossStreets, begins his sermon, “No Letting...