Speaker: The Rev. Virginia Herring
I’m kind of glad I missed this dinner party. The tension must have been thicker than the gravy. The Pharisees were watching Jesus – waiting for him to do something they could denounce. Jesus was watching everybody else, looking for any ...Speaker: The Rev. Virginia Herring
Jesus told his friends a parable. This morning, I’d like to tell you about friend I remember whenever I hear this parable. She was a woman who had a life-long struggle with money. Across the years, she shared her journey with me, and often ...Speaker: The Rev. Virginia Herring
Our story from the Hebrew scriptures is full of important people. There is Naaman, an army commander, and his boss, the King of Aram. There’s also the king of Israel and Elisha, prophet to the nation of Israel. But these ...Speaker: The Rev. Virginia Herring
“Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law…” “As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met him…” To what are you beholden? What imprisons and guards you? What ...Speaker: The Rev. Virginia Herring
The cycle of the church year has come round, and we now gather in “ordinary time.” We have been through God’s promise of a messiah, we’ve heard how he sent his very own Son to be born of a woman, to become one of us. We have ...Speaker: The Rev. Virginia Herring
We read this scripture from the second chapter of Acts every year on Pentecost, and every year I think, “How weird is that?” Most of the Book of Acts offers us a reasonable glimpse into the life of the first century church, but this ...Speaker: The Rev. Virginia Herring
I sometimes tell people I grew up on the beach. We didn’t exactly live at the shore, but we were just a quick 20 minute drive from beaches either on the Chesapeake Bay or Virginia Beach, on the Atlantic. Saturday mornings we’d hurry ...Speaker: The Rev. Virginia Herring
“At that very time, there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.” Can’t you just hear the righteous indignation, the righteous anger in their voices? They are ...Speaker: The Rev. Virginia Herring
Several years ago, a guest priest came to Holy Trinity to lead a wellness event on this very same date, the Last Sunday after the Epiphany. He had also agreed to preach at all our Sunday services. So, early Sunday morning, I joined him in the ...Speaker: The Rev. Virginia Herring
For just a minute, think with me about what happens these days when you introduce the topic of health care in America into a conversation. It’s crazy, isn’t it? You can almost guarantee that no two people will agree on what should be ...