Advent Lectionary | Flood Watch

Advent Lectionary | Flood Watch

We’re back on flood watch. And we’d almost forgotten there was such a thing. After a summer of nation-wide droughts and dry-spells, the once-mighty Mississippi had shrunk from its swollen spring heights to a seeming trickle this fall. In my hometown of Vidalia,...
Is There a “World Without End”?

Is There a “World Without End”?

The 94th Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled for March 27, and the apocalyptic black comedy “Don’t Look Up” is nominated for the best picture. In that engaging movie, warnings about a Mount Everest-sized comet on course to crash into earth with extinction-level...

The End of the World As We Know It

A sermon delivered by Jim Somerville, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on December 2, 2012. Luke 21:25-36 “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves.  People...