Perhaps one of the most familiar lines from the book of Esther is when Mordecai reminds Esther that she was in her current position in the king’s court “for such a time as this…” In...

Father Michael Renninger, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia begins today’s sermon, “Doing It Right,” with a story about a classmate he and his fellow seminarians disliked. He said, “When she showed...

In this Sunday’s sermon, “Low Anthropology,” from James 3:1-12, Jason Micheli, pastor of Annandale United Methodist Church in Annandale, Virginia, begins by quoting an essay entitled Confessions of a Bad Christian by Harrison Scott Key....

After today’s gospel reading from Mark 7:24-37, we might ask, “Wait a minute. Did Jesus just call that woman a dog?” says Chuck Treadwell, Rector of St. David’s Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas. He continues,...

“Well, once again Jesus’ critics are on the prowl, seeking to trip him up in a way that they can use to discredit him, or worse. They try to get Jesus into a debate of...