Sermon—Oct. 16, 2022 (Sherwood Park Lutheran Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba) Luke 18:1-18 The last time I was here we were shifting from the season of Easter to “Ordinary time,” or the season after Pentecost. Now, through our readings, we’re winding our way through the last few weeks of the season after Pentecost,… Continue reading
Sermon—March 11, 2018 Numbers 21:4-9Ephesians 2:1-10John 3:14-21 Today’s gospel reading begins with a reference to an obscure story from Numbers that is probably not in many children’s Bibles, and doesn’t have a fun chorus with cheesy hand-motions that go with it. It’s just…odd. The Israelites are in the wilderness on… Continue reading
Sermon for St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Dunedin, FLMay 28, 2017John 17:1-11, Acts 1:6-14 Our readings today speak to the transition from the season of Easter to the season of Pentecost. For the last 6 weeks, we have been basking in the light of the resurrected Christ, celebrating the truth that… Continue reading
Pentecost 12cAug. 28, 2022 Luke 14:1, 7-14 Prepared for Family Camp weekend at Luther Village. It’s a common feature in coming of age movies–the school cafeteria. A new kid walks in and doesn’t know where to sit. An ‘unpopular kid is sitting at a table and a group of ‘popular’… Continue reading
We cannot say we value rest when those who are bound by disease, prejudice, oppression, inequality or our ignorance are excluded from experiencing rest. It is exactly our conviction about the sabbath—holistic, restorative rest–that motivates our work for healing, release and justice. We cannot say we value rest when some among us are excluded from experiencing that rest because of something that is limiting their wholeness. Continue reading
Pentecost 8c Luke 12:13-21 Preached at Hilldale Lutheran Church, Thunder Bay, on the occasion of a pastor’s retirement Grace and peace to you in the name of Jesus. Amen. In our gospel reading today, Jesus is speaking to his disciples as a crowd gathers. Jesus knows that his time with them will… Continue reading
Trinity Sunday–Year CJune 12, 2022Sherwood Park Lutheran Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba Today is Trinity Sunday—a day to focus on a concept that we use to explain what we know is complex and unexplainable. We can’t confine the Trinity—this idea that God is 3 separate but united ‘persons’—to one Sunday. Just like we… Continue reading
Day of Pentecost-Year CActs 2:1-21; John 14: 8-17 [25-27]Brandon Lutheran Church, Brandon, Manitoba Grace, mercy and peace to you in the name of Jesus. Amen. Today, we come to the end of the Easter season. Pentecost Sunday is the 50th day of the Easter season, the season that began with Mary… Continue reading
Easter 7CJohn 17:17-24May 29, 2022 Grace, mercy and peace to you in the name of Jesus, Amen. Today is the final Sunday in the season of Easter. But instead of a resurrection story, our gospel reading today takes us back to the evening before Jesus is arrested, tried and crucified. In John’s… Continue reading
Easter 5CMay 15, 2022John 13:31-35 Although we are in the season of Easter, our gospel reading goes back to the night the disciples are gathered in the upper room with Jesus, which we also read on Maundy Thursday. He hasn’t been arrested yet, but he seems to know that something is… Continue reading