From invasive mustard plants to hidden treasure, the five parables in Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 challenge familiar readings and reveal a kingdom that subverts expectations at every turn, writes Matthew A. Rich.
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You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
What does predestination really mean? Ephesians 1:3–14 invites us to see election as adoption, belonging and God’s choosing love, writes Matthew Rich.
Jeremiah 31:27-34 reminds us that God’s covenant is not carved in stone but engraved on our hearts — a radical call to truth, forgiveness, and embodied love, writes Matthew A. Rich.
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Matthew A. Rich explores what joy looks like in Lent.
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Matthew A. Rich writes on loneliness and belonging in Jeremiah 31:7-9.
Can the church embrace change without losing its core identity? Matthew Rich looks at MLB for inspiration.
"We want salvation now and the celebration to begin today. But sometimes the colt goes around in circles, and we have to start again tomorrow," writes Matthew A. Rich.
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In an unexpected casting of Drosselmeyer, Matt Rich finds – in life and in ministry – the role you think you are going to play might not be the role you get.
On Sunday, May 22, at Unity Presbyterian Church we will celebrate our high school and college graduates.
Even before the pandemic, I started recording and sharing a short video each week for our congregation to introduce Sunday’s Scripture and..
Guest commentary by Matthew A. Rich On Wednesday, July 25, 2018, 17-year-old Sarah Rhoads was killed in a tragic car accident. A..
Most Sunday mornings after proclaiming the benediction, I walk with the acolyte down the sanctuary’s center aisle.
Jesus makes many bold promises in the Gospels, but perhaps none is more audacious than when he tells his disciples, “So you have pain now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you” (John 16:22).
They shall name him Emmanuel – which means “God is with us” (Matthew 1:23).
Almost two million. That is my best estimate of the number of words I have written for sermons, weddings, funerals, a book, articles, reviews, presentations and Bible studies since my ordination as a Minister of Word and Sacrament 16-and-a-half years ago.
“After Jesus had said this; he departed and hid from them.” John 12:36b
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has been talking about marriage the entire time I have been ordained as a pastor.
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