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March 22, 2015 – Guest Preacher: Pastor Ken Kuhn on Remembering Selma
Guest Preacher: Pastor Ken Kuhn Date March 22, 2015 Calendar: Fifth Sunday in Lent Church: First Lutheran, Winnipeg Texts: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:1-12; Hebrews 5:5-10; John, 12:20-33 Remembering Selma Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. (Psalm 51:10) An historic event: Selma-Montgomery Civil […]
March 15, 2015 – John 3:14-21
John 3:14-21 Jesus’ Theory of Everything – The Theory of Everything Fourth Sunday in Lent – March 15, 2015 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB The Theory of Everything is a recent film that is about the famous physicist, Stephen Hawking. More specifically it is about his first marriage to Jane Wilde. Near […]
March 8, 2015 – I Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22
I Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22 The Unexpected Virtue of Foolishness – Birdman Third Sunday in Lent – March 8, 2015 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) tells the story of Riggan Thomson, a washed up actor who is looking for love. Well, he’s looking to be […]
March 1, 2015 – Mark 8:31-38
Mark 8:31-38 A Self Larger than Self – Kingsman Second Sunday in Lent – March 1, 2015 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB In the new spy film Kingsman, Colin Firth has the job of recruiting a young person for a position in a secret spy organization known as the Kingsman. The Kingsman […]
February 22, 2015 – Mark 1:9-16
Mark 1:9-16 The Struggle with Satan – American Sniper First Sunday in Lent – February 22, 2015 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Clint Eastwood’s film American Sniper tells the story of Chris Kyle, a US Navy SEAL deployed on several occasions to Iraq to fight in the Iraq war. He is a […]
Ash Wednesday (February 18, 2015) – Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Beloved Dust Ash Wednesday – February 18, 2015 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return, we hear on Ash Wednesday. Who wants to be dust? Dust is annoying. Dust is useless. Dust is what you sweep under the carpet. […]
February 15, 2015 (Transfiguration of our Lord) – Mark 9:2-9
Mark 9:2-9 Transfigured by Worship Transfiguration of Our Lord – February 15, 2015 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Religion is about transformation. At every level it is about transformation. The change from one state into another. The change from the world as it is to the way the world could be. The change […]
February 8, 2015 – Mark 1:29-39
Mark 1:29-39 Freed For Service 5th Sunday after Epiphany – February 8, 2015 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB About 6 weeks ago or so I told you about one of our members who I visited before Christmas. She has become frail – but she still insisted on offering me hospitality, even though […]
February 1, 2015 – Mark 1:21-28
Mark 1:21-28 Words with Authority Fourth Sunday after Epiphany – February 1, 2015 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB A week ago or so I was having lunch with a couple of you, and you asked me if I was following the debate of free speech with regard to Islam. There have […]
January 25, 2015 – Mark 1:14-20
Mark 1:14-20 The Urgency of the Good News Third Sunday after the Epiphany [Lectionary 3] – January 25, 2015 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB After last week’s sermon, Chrystl invited me to slow down! I know, I know: I was pretty jacked up about the Target sermon and the cart escalator and all! […]
