Rev. Dr. Kristin Adkins Whitesides, pastor of First Baptist Church, Winchester, Virginia begins today’s sermon by admitting that she doesn’t like tension in movies or book plots. She admits that sometimes she’ll skip to the...
A48: The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
October 16, 2023
Carla Pratt Keyes, pastor of Ginter Park Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia, preaches a sermon called “The Caesar Question” based on Matthew 22:15-22. In today’s passage, the Pharisees and Herodians asked Jesus a question designed...
A46: The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
October 2, 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...
A44: The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
September 18, 2023
How quickly we forget! The Israelites had just been freed from bondage in Egypt by crossing the Red Sea on dry land, escaping the pursuing Egyptian army, who drowned when the walls of water crashed...
A43: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
September 11, 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...