Archive for August, 2017
August 27, 2017 – Exodus 1:8 – 2:10
Exodus 1:8-2:10 Trusting God to Work Good through Our Good Lectionary 21A – August 27, 2017 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Everyone knows that God acted in a big dramatic showy way to save the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. Cecil B. DeMille really played this up in his film The Ten Commandments, […]
August 20, 2017 – Genesis 45:1-15
Genesis 45:1-15 God’s Intentions for Good Lectionary 20A – August 20, 2017 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB While on holiday recently I was reminded of The Wizard of Oz, which I read many years ago with my son Theo. In the book, a schoolgirl from Kansas finds herself unwillingly placed in a land […]
July 23, 2017 – Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Love Will Save the World Lectionary 16 – July 23, 2017 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB I went to the movies last week and saw Wonder Woman, which is great. Wonder Woman, whose given name is Diana, is the daughter of the Greek God Zeus, and was brought up by […]
July 16, 2017 – Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Good Soil – And Not So Good Soil Lectionary 15 – July 16, 2017 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Anne and I went strawberry picking on Friday out at Grenkow’s U-Pick. It was a beautiful day – the sun was shining and a breeze was blowing. The strawberries were perfect. […]
