Archive for January, 2020
January 5, 2020 – John 1:1-18
John 1:1-18 Love Moves into the Neighbourhood Second Sunday of Christmas – January 5, 2019 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB I love Eugene Peterson’s translation of this first part of John’s Gospel: The word became flesh and blood and moved into the neighbourhood. The very mind and heart of God became a human person […]
December 29, 2019 – Matthew 2:13-23
Matthew 2:13-23 The Holy Family is a Refugee Family First Sunday of Christmas – December 29, 2019 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Everyone is gathered around the Baby Jesus in our Nativity Scene. The shepherd. The Angel. The magi. The animals. Jesus seems safe and secure. Jesus seems home. But soon enough the shepherd […]
December 24, 2019 (Christmas Eve) – Luke 2:1-20
Luke 2:1-20 Good News Christmas Eve – December 24, 2019 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB An infant of mysterious parentage. An infant imbued with the life force of the universe. An infant imperiled by forces that seek his life. I’m talking, of course, about . . . Baby Yoda. People have asked me how […]
December 22, 2019 – Matthew 1: 18-25
Matthew 1:18-25 Joseph – Protector of the Vulnerable 4th Sunday of Advent – December 22, 2019 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Joseph. We don’t often think of Joseph. Yes: he was the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus. But that is about all we think about him when we think of him at all. […]
December 8, 2019 – Matthew 3:1-12
Matthew 3:1-12 Jesus the Good Judge Second Sunday of Advent – December 8, 2019 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Judgment. That’s the word of the day! Let’s just get it right out at the beginning! That is probably what you’re going to take away from the Gospel reading. John announces that the one who […]
