A26: Ascension of the Lord, Year A (2023)
May 15, 2023
“Is now the time that you will restore the kingdom to Israel, Lord?…Are we there yet?…Is now when justice will be served, when wrong will be made right, when suffering will end?” The disciples this...
A24: The Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year A (2023)
May 1, 2023
We all know what it’s like to be distraught disciples, says Courtney Allen Crump, Pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia. We’ve all found ourselves, at one time or another, experiencing something that left...
A20: The Resurrection of the Lord, Year A (2023)
April 3, 2023
On Easter Sunday we celebrate the good news of Jesus’ resurrection, but that’s not all. In 1 Corinthians 15 the Apostle Paul reminds us that we, too, will be raised from the dead. “How can...
A19: Palm/Passion Sunday, Year A (2023)
March 27, 2023
Years ago John Phillip Newell was preaching at St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh. Standing in the pulpit that hugs one of the massive, thousand-year old pillars of the church, Rev. Newell began his sermon with...
A17: The Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year A (2023)
March 13, 2023
Father Michael Renninger, Pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia, begins this Sunday’s sermon with a remarkable story about the non-miraculous healing of a girl who was blind from birth. Non-miraculous, we say,...