“God Isn’t Finished With You Yet” (C45: Proper 22)
Lamentations 1:1-6 and Lamentations 3:19-26 or Psalm 137; Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 and Psalm 37:1-9; 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10 Gardner-Sinclair says: “Habakkuk might have a silly name, but his view of the world was deadly...
What Kind of Government Do We Want?
“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, 1...
A26: The Seventh Sunday of Easter, Year A (2023)
The Rev. Sue Eaves says, “Jesus’ words to the disciples at the Last Supper, the words we read in this morning’s gospel, John 17:1-11, call to mind the insanity of the whole enterprise.” Jesus prays...
A24: The Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year A (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...
A03: The Third Sunday of Advent, Year A (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...