The Path of Life
Sunday, November 17, 2024 - Mark 12:38-44, also 1 Kings 17:8-16, Psalm 34:1-8, Hebrews 9:24-28.
Giving Everything They Had
Sunday, November 10, 2024 - Mark 12:38-44, also 1 Kings 17:8-16, Psalm 34:1-8, Hebrews 9:24-28.
Selflessness, Service, and Deep Gladness
Sunday, October 20 2024 - Mark 10:35-45, also Isaiah 53:4-12, Psalm 91:9-16, and Hebrews 5:1-10.
The Rich Man’s Mystery
Sunday, October 13, 2024 - Mark 10: 17-31, also Amos 5:6-7, 10-15, Psalm 90:12-17, and Hebrews 4:12-16.
What Being Lutheran Means to Me
I was recently asked what I thought being Lutheran was all about. Here's my ever-evolving answer.
Erasing the Lines
Sunday, September 8 - Mark 7:24-37 also Isaiah 35: 4-7a, Psalm 146, James 2:1-10 [11-13] 14-17
Flesh, Blood, and Spirit
Sunday, August 25, 2024 - John 6:51-58, also Proverbs 9:1-6, Psalm 34:9-14, Ephesians 5:15-20
We Are What We Eat
Sunday, August 18, 2024 - Gospel John 6:51-58, also Proverbs 9:1-6, Psalm 34:9-14, Ephesians 5:15-20
Bread of Life, Presence of God
Sunday, August 4, 2024 - Gospel, John 6:24-35, also Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15, Psalm 78:23-29, Ephesians 4:1-16
Our Deepest Hungers
Sunday, July 28, 2024 - Gospel, John 6:1-21, also 2 Kings 4:42-44, Psalm 145:10-18, Ephesians 3:14-21
Faith and Healing
Sunday, June 30, 2024 - Gospel, Mark 5:21-43. Also Lamentations 3:22-33, Psalm 30, 2 Corinthians 8:7-15
When Storms Rage
Sunday, June 23, 2024 - Gospel, Mark 4:35-41. Also Job 38:1-11, Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32, 2 Corinthians 6:1-13
What God Sees
Sunday, June 16, 2024 - Gospel, Mark 4:26-34. Also 1 Samuel 15:34—16:13, Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15, 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 [11-13] 14-17
How Wide is God’s Circle?
Sunday, June 9, 2024 - Gospel, John 3:1-17. Also Gen 3:8-15, Psalm 130, 2 Corinthians 4:13—5:1, Mark 3:20-35 One of my first jobs when I moved to Marietta, GA after college was in sales. Our product was halon fire extinguishers,…
A Trinity of Questions
Holy Trinity Sunday, May 26, 2024 - Gospel, John 3:1-17. Also Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 29, Romans 8:12-17
Abiding in the Vine
Sunday, April 28, 2024 - John 15:1-8 Also Acts 8:26-40, Psalm 22:25-31, 1 John 4:7-21 Back in the winter of 2010, I drove from the southside of Chicago where I lived in Hyde Park and attended the Lutheran School of…
Becoming the Good Shepherd
Sunday, April 21, 2024 - John 10:11-18, Acts 4:5-12, Psalm 23, 1 John 3:16-24 Today is the day that the church calls “Good Shepherd Sunday.” It’s a day we recognize every year, and every year the readings include Psalm 23.…