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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 […]
May 25, 2014 – Acts 17:22-31
Acts 17:22-31 The Unknown God Made Known Sixth Sunday after Easter – May 25, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB A few years ago I got forwarded an e-mail that, among other things, claimed to have a quotation from the Qur’an in it. The e-mail basically said that Iraq needed to be […]
May 18, 2014 – John 14:1-14
John 14:1-14 Image isn’t Everything – Or is It? Fifth Sunday of Easter – May 18, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB So I’m driving back from St. Boniface hospital early on Friday afternoon. I’m turning a corner, and coming towards me is a van that that has advertising for a sign […]
May 11, 2014 – John 10:1-10
John 10:1-10 He Calls his Sheep 4th Sunday of Easter – May 11, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB He calls his own sheep by name and calls them out. He calls them out, Jesus says. The shepherd calls the sheep out of the sheepfold. I’ve been invited by our national church to […]
May 4, 2014 – Luke 24:13-35
Luke 24:13-35 Opening our Eyes Third Sunday of Easter – May 4, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB I was at an event on Friday morning where there was an infant present. I think she’s about 5 or 6 months old. As I watched her I noticed that she doesn’t notice the same […]
April 27, 2014 – Acts 2:14-24
Acts 2:14-24 Jesus’ Body and the Body of Creation Second Sunday of Easter – April 27, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Finally, finally – I got out my bike this week and went for a ride! It was lovely. The sky was blue, the sun was shining, you could smell spring, the […]
April 20, 2014 (Easter Day) – John 20:1-18
John 20:1-18 Mary Turned Resurrection of our Lord: Easter Sunday – April 20, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB She mistakes him for . . . a gardener. A gardener! But it is not really a mistake, is it? It’s no accident that she identifies the risen Jesus above all as a gardener. And […]
