A03: The Third Sunday of Advent, Year A (2022)
December 5, 2022
“What I think most people find compelling about Nelson Mandela’s life is the twenty-seven years he spent in prison serving what was supposed to be a life sentence for speaking out against the oppression and...
C25: The Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year C (2022)
May 9, 2022
“Several summers ago I went hiking with some friends in the beautiful mountains of Glacier National Park in Montana…We came upon a long portion of the trail…that had been completely burned to the ground just...
“What kind of government do we want?” asks Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of First Mennonite Church of Richmond, Virginia. Ahlgrim continues, “We’re not alone in this…even the ancient Israelites wrestled with this question.” In today’s passage,...
C39: The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2019)
August 19, 2019
Otis Moss, III, the Senior Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois, a civil rights advocate, activist, and author who was recently recognized as one of the “12 Most Effective Preachers in...
C03: The Third Sunday of Advent, Year C (2018)
December 10, 2018
Rev. Ryan Ahlgrim, Pastor of First Mennonite Church in Richmond, Virginia, begins this week’s sermon from Luke 3:7-18 by taking an inventory of his coat collection. “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who...