C08: The Second Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C (2022)
January 10, 2022
“When I was growing up, we would often go to my grandparents’ house in South Carolina for a week or so in the summer time,” begins Kristin Adkins Whitesides, pastor of First Baptist Church, Winchester,...
C07: Baptism of the Lord, Year C (2022)
January 7, 2022
Ryan Ahlgrim, Pastor of First Mennonite Church in Richmond, Virginia, broaches the subject of Jesus’ baptism (Luke 3:15-17, 21-22) by talking about the importance of timing. He confesses that in his ministry there have been...
C06: Epiphany of the Lord, Year C (2022)
December 27, 2021
“Several years ago, right after Christmas I found some of those automatic timers that can be hooked onto lamps…I fixed the timers on a few…lamps and tried to arrange it so they’d come on during...
C06: The Second Sunday after Christmas Day, Year C (2022)
December 27, 2021
“My mother would tell you, flat out, that her favorite Gospel was the Gospel of John…A lot of people agree,” begins Scott Spencer, author and New Testament scholar. He continues, “It’s hard to match John’s...
C05: The First Sunday after Christmas Day, Year C (2021)
December 20, 2021
“The “Lost Years”…sounds like a suspense TV series…“The Lost Years” can also refer to a big chunk of Jesus’s life,” says Scott Spencer, author and New Testament scholar. He continues, “From infancy to 30, we...