“When you hear the question that is your question, you have begun to hear much.” Rev. Amelie Wilmer takes on Mark 4:35-41 during Community worship, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. [soundcloud id=’464312496′ mini=’false’ width=’100%’] Amelie began her ministry at St. John’s in June of 2017. Prior to her arrival, she served for five years as the…
Rev. Herbert Jones wrestles with pigs, politics and the pulpit as he copes with the gospel as it pertains to the events of last week in Washington and the quoting of Romans 13. Herbert preached at Community worship on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. [soundcloud id=’461074998′ mini=’false’ width=’100%’ height=’false’] Herbert serves as priest at St. Thomas…
21 November 2016 | Christ the King Richmond Hill, Richmond, Virginia The Sunday we are celebrating – the last Sunday before Advent in the Church’s Liturgical calendar – is known as Christ the King Sunday. This year the Sunday falls in a time of Apocalyse. The election two weeks ago was an apocalyptic moment, in the…
17 October 2016 | Luke 18:1-8 The Importunate Widow Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. In that city there was a widow who kept coming…
Richmond Hill | 19 September 2016 XVIII Pentecost | Luke 16:1-13 I love the story of the dishonest manager. Jesus must have driven his pious listeners crazy. Here he was taking a clearly dishonest person and complimenting him, — using his behavior as an example of the behavior which they should emulate. Jesus uses an…
15 August 2016 | XIII Pentecost | Luke 12:49-56 The Rev. B. P. Campbell On the evening of October 7, 1983, I stood on the corner of Main and 17th Streets, on the South side of the street, beside an architect and developer named Larry Shiflett. The sky was a deep black, with bright…
15 February 2016 I Lent | Luke 4:1-13 The Temptations The story of the Temptations is one of the most important theological passages in the New Testament. It falls into the category which theologians call “Christology,” – that is, what was the nature of Jesus’ Messiahship, and what was the nature of his relationship to…
Banner Lecture, Virginia Historical Society, 6 February 2016, by the Rev. B. P. Campbell Richmond became the capital of Virginia in 1780 and was incorporated in 1782. It is, in a sense, the child-city of the American Revolution. The American Revolution enclosed within itself one major, deeply disturbing contradiction: It proclaimed equality and liberty for…
14 December 2015 | Third Sunday of Advent | Luke 3:7-18 Richmond Hill, Richmond, Virginia The Rev. B. P. Campbell John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruits worthy of repentance. Do not begin to say to…
16 November 2015 | Proper 28 | Mark 13:1-8 Richmond Hill, Richmond, Virginia The Rev. B. P. Campbell My niece is married to a Salvadoran. We were together this weekend, and we were together experiencing the shock and outrage of the shootings and bombings in Paris. But I could tell that the experience was far different for him…
