Archive for January, 2014
February 2, 2014 – Matthew 5:1-12
Matthew 5:1-12 Blessed are You 4th Sunday after Epiphany – February 2, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB These opening lines of Jesus’ first sermon in Matthew seem hard to understand. What could Jesus possibly mean? Blessed are the poor in spirit? Blessed are those who mourn? Blessed are those who are persecuted? […]
January 26, 2014 – Matthew 4:12-23
Matthew 4:12-23 The Unexpected Third Sunday after Epiphany – January 26, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB If we were coming to this story of Jesus for the first time, what would we expect to happen? The mighty Son of God comes among us to fix a broken world! Wise men from the […]
January 19, 2014 – John 1:29-42
John 1:29-42 The Power of Invitation Second Sunday after Epiphany – January 19, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB This is how the ministry of Jesus begins in John’s Gospel. Not with a big whoop but with some simple invitations. This is how the world begins to change according to John: through the power […]
January 12, 2014 (Baptism of Our Lord) Matthew 3:13-17
Matthew 3:13-17 Remember Your Baptism Baptism of Our Lord – January 12, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB There’s a dramatic moment in Martin Luther’s life when he was kidnapped by his own friends, and taken to the famous Wartburg Castle for safe-keeping. There was a price on his head and so […]
January 5, 2014 (Second Sunday of Christmas) John 1:1-18
John 1:1-18 John’s Christmas Story – Our Christmas Story – Ruby’s Christmas Story Second Sunday of Christmas – January 5, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB John’s Gospel doesn’t know anything about Christmas. Or rather, it doesn’t know about Bethlehem and the stable and the angels and the shepherds and the wise […]
