A51: The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
“At one of the men’s lunch groups this week, the topic of year-end performance appraisals came up. This particular men’s lunch group is made up of men who are not yet retired, and I deduced...
A50: The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
Rev. Amy Starr Redwine, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Virginia, introduces today’s scripture passage from Amos 5:18-24 with the following story. She says, “Long ago, there was a community that did not think of...
Richard Voelz, Associate Professor of Preaching and Worship at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, preaches the Gospel lesson, Matthew 23:1-12. It’s Jesus at his fiercest, confronting hypocrisy and calling for humility. Then, Voelz skillfully...
Jim Somerville, pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of a Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon for All Saints’ Sunday called “The End of the Story,” based on Revelation 21:1-6a. Where do...
A48: The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
“I can do it myself!” eight year old Michael Renninger told his father as he tried to set up the pup tent. “I don’t need to tell you what a disaster ensued, but there was...