Archive for September, 2012
September 30, 2012 – Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22
Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 No Ditching 18th Sunday after Pentecost – September 30th, 2012 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Once upon a time there was a mighty Persian king named Ahasuerus who, it turns out, needs a new queen. So he had a beauty pageant arranged for him in which his lackeys paraded […]
September 23, 2012 – Mark 9:30-37
Mark 9:30-37 The Greatest 17th Sunday after Pentecost [Lectionary 25] – September 23, 2012 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB A couple of weeks ago Jesus healed a foreign Syro-Phoenician woman way out in nowhere-ville. And he learned something that surprised him: He learned how vast is the scope of God’s healing concern that […]
September 9, 2012 – Mark 7:24-27
Mark 7:24-27 Growing in Wisdom and Compassion 15th Sunday after Pentecost [Lectionary 23] – September 9, 2012 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB By the time we get to the middle of the 7th chapter of Mark’s Gospel, Jesus has been going at it pretty hard: he’s tired! He wants a break! It […]
September 2, 2012 – Song of Solomon 2:8-13
Song of Solomon 2:8-13 Love Comes, Love Bids Us Come Away 14th Sunday after Pentecost [Lectionary 22] – September 2, 2012 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB It’s lovely on this Labour Day weekend to rest from our work and hear this wondrous word from the Song of Solomon. My beloved speaks and […]
