Archive for May, 2018
May 27, 2018 (The Holy Trinity) – John 3:1-17
John 3:1-17 Strength in Diversity The Holy Trinity – May 27, 2017 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB On Wednesday evening I rode my bike to the church building for a meeting. And if you were out and about on Wednesday evening you know that being in Winnipeg was like being in heaven. When […]
May 20, 2018 (Day of Pentecost) – Acts 2:1-21
Acts 2:1-21 The Spirit Honours Difference Day of Pentecost – May 20, 2018 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB We live in increasingly divided times – which is not news to anyone. What is in the news is how much language is exposing how much we are divided. Recently several people have been caught […]
May 13, 2018 – Acts 1:15-17, 21-26
Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 God is Working 7th Sunday of Easter – May 13, 2018 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB We’ve gone back a bit in the book of Acts – nearly to the beginning. You’ll remember that Acts and Luke come in a nice boxed set for Christmas – they were both written […]
May 6, 2018 – Acts 10:44-48, John 15:9-17
Acts 10:44-48; John 15:9-17 Expanding the Circle of Friends 6th Sunday of Easter – May 6, 2018 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB It’s weird when a god calls you friend, right? Christianity is a strange religion, and I think we need to reclaim some of its strangeness. We frequently call Jesus “Lord,” much less […]
April 29, 2018 – Acts 8:26-40
Acts 8:26-40 The Eunuch and the Evangelist Fifth Sunday of Easter – April 29, 2018 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB I just love this story in Acts about the powerful eunuch from Ethiopia – and Phillip who finds himself in a weird situation. First: some straight talk. A eunuch was a man whose testicles […]
