Archive for June, 2014
June 22, 2014 – Jeremiah 20:7-13
Jeremiah 20:7-13 Shut Up and Pray 2nd Sunday after Pentecost [Lectionary 12] –June 22, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Is it shocking to you the way Jeremiah talks to God? What we get in the first reading is just a little of how he lets God have it. He’s got more to […]
June 15, 2014 (The Holy Trinity) – Genesis 1:1-2:4a; Psalm 8; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13
Genesis 1:1-2:4a; Psalm 8; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Making a Safe Place The Holy Trinity – June 15, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB When the baby is about to arrive, you create a safe place for it, right? You make a nice nursery so its life can flourish. When you want to make a […]
June 8, 2014 (Day of Pentecost) – Acts 2:1-21
Acts 2:1-21 Blowing the Story Forward Day of Pentecost – June 8, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB When Emma whom we’ve baptized today gets to be a certain age, her father or mother will build some sort of building or tower out of blocks – and she will smash it […]
June 1, 2014 – Acts 1:6-14
Acts 1:6-14 An Eye on Heaven, An Eye on Earth Seventh Sunday of Easter – June 1, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Today, in the first reading from Acts, we have the strange story of Jesus’ Ascension. In Luke’s telling of the story in Acts, this happens 40 days after Easter Sunday […]