Ash Wednesday

February 26, 2020 "Ashes to Ashes": Facing our Mortality

For All the Far Off

March 31, 2019 On this fourth Sunday in Lent, we hear the parable of the Prodigal Son.  Jesus’ story looks like a cross between a sit-com about a dysfunctional family, and an episode of The Price is Right.  Jesus does mean for us to grasp…

Good Fruits Require Good Roots

March 24, 2019 On this third Sunday in Lent, we see enthusiasts for God come rushing to Jesus trying to make sense of a mass murder motivated by religious prejudice.  “See,” they say, “how God uses evil-doers to punish sinners.” Jesus…

God’s Gifts – Identity & Faith

March 17, 2019 Our Early Learning ministry teachers need NEWSPAPERS for an art project.  Please bring in all you can THIS SUNDAY! If you’re still searching for a way to let Lent go through you and create a space where you can come face-to-face…

Lent’s Ways Are Cross-Ways

March 10, 2019 These forty days called Lent are like no other.  It is our opportune time to return to the God who rescues; to receive the gifts of God’s grace; to believe with the heart and confess with the mouth the wonder of God’s love…

We’re Counter-Cultural

March 6, 2019 Someone asked me if Lutherans “give up something for Lent.”  I answered, “Well, it depends on whether or not you want to become involved with what new thing God gives you in its place.” If Lent is a time to give up anything,…

Jesus Filled Big Shoes – So Can We

March 3, 2019 This is Transfiguration Sunday – when Jesus and three of his apostles, Peter, James, John, go to a mountain to pray.  On the mountain, Jesus begins to shine with bright rays of light.  Suddenly, the prophets Moses and Elijah…

Now This is Golden

February 24, 2019 On this seventh and last Sunday of the Epiphany season we hear Jesus speak what we’ve come to call the “Golden Rule.”  Given its place within Jesus’ sermon on the level plain, we ought not to hear it the way we hear…

Blessed and Ready to Go

February 17, 2019 On this sixth Sunday after Epiphany, we hear Luke’s version of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.  This differs, in many ways, from Matthew’s account.  First, it’s a Sermon on the Plain.  Second, it’s addressed, primarily,…

GONE FISHING!

February 10, 2019 On this fifth Sunday after Epiphany, we see Jesus’ teaching of God’s word has begun to draw great crowds.  For Simon, James, and John, Jesus’ teaching inspires hospitality, then obedience, and then risk.  After Jesus’…