Archive for April, 2014
April 27, 2014 – Acts 2:14-24
Acts 2:14-24 Jesus’ Body and the Body of Creation Second Sunday of Easter – April 27, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Finally, finally – I got out my bike this week and went for a ride! It was lovely. The sky was blue, the sun was shining, you could smell spring, the […]
April 20, 2014 (Easter Day) – John 20:1-18
John 20:1-18 Mary Turned Resurrection of our Lord: Easter Sunday – April 20, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB She mistakes him for . . . a gardener. A gardener! But it is not really a mistake, is it? It’s no accident that she identifies the risen Jesus above all as a gardener. And […]
April 18, 2014 (Good Friday) – John 18:1-19:42
John 18:1-19:42 Centre Stage Good Friday – April 18, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB It’s always the part with Peter that seems to get you on Good Friday. Peter’s strenuous denial. Peter’s turning his back on Jesus when Jesus needs him most. Peter is so disappointing here. But Peter makes you think, […]
April 17, 2014 (Maundy Thursday) – John 13:1-17, 31b-35
John 13:1-17, 31b-35 To the Utmost Maundy Thursday – April 17, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Having loved his own who were in the world, writes John, he loved them to the end. But it can also be translated this way: he loved them to the utmost. Even the one who […]
April 13, 2014 (Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion) Matthew 26:14-27:66
Matthew 26:14-27:66 Cheers to Jeers Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion – April 13, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB December 14th of last year was Ondrej Pavelec bobble-head day at the MTS Centre when the Winnipeg Jets hosted the Dallas Stars. It was supposed to be a day of celebrating the Winnipeg Jets […]
April 6, 2014 -John 11:1-45
John 11:1-45 Completing Jesus’ Work Fifth Sunday in Lent – April 6, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB The people in Adult Faith Study this Lent have been having a grand time reading the book Take this Bread by Sara Miles. The book is about how Sara Miles came to faith. She […]
