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April 18, 2014 (Good Friday) – John 18:1-19:42
John 18:1-19:42 Centre Stage Good Friday – April 18, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB It’s always the part with Peter that seems to get you on Good Friday. Peter’s strenuous denial. Peter’s turning his back on Jesus when Jesus needs him most. Peter is so disappointing here. But Peter makes you think, […]
April 17, 2014 (Maundy Thursday) – John 13:1-17, 31b-35
John 13:1-17, 31b-35 To the Utmost Maundy Thursday – April 17, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Having loved his own who were in the world, writes John, he loved them to the end. But it can also be translated this way: he loved them to the utmost. Even the one who […]
April 13, 2014 (Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion) Matthew 26:14-27:66
Matthew 26:14-27:66 Cheers to Jeers Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion – April 13, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB December 14th of last year was Ondrej Pavelec bobble-head day at the MTS Centre when the Winnipeg Jets hosted the Dallas Stars. It was supposed to be a day of celebrating the Winnipeg Jets […]
April 6, 2014 -John 11:1-45
John 11:1-45 Completing Jesus’ Work Fifth Sunday in Lent – April 6, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB The people in Adult Faith Study this Lent have been having a grand time reading the book Take this Bread by Sara Miles. The book is about how Sara Miles came to faith. She […]
March 30, 2014 – John 9:1-41
John 9:1-41 Where’s Jesus? Fourth Sunday in Lent – March 30, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB So I’m watching The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. And what you need to know is that this is the second of three long films that adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s lovely little book The Hobbit. So I’m […]
March 23, 2014 – John 4:5-42
John 4:5-42 Un-Frozen at the Well 3rd Sunday in Lent – March 23, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB About halfway through Disney’s animated feature Frozen, I did have a moment where I wondered what on earth I was doing watching a film about . . . an eternal winter! I […]
March 16, 2014 – John 3:1-17
John 3:1-17 Despicable World – That God so Loves Second Sunday in Lent – March 16, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg MB In the delightful film Despicable Me 2, the former super-villain Gru joins forces with the good guys. They must track down the villain who has stolen the compound PX-41. It’s not […]
March 9, 2014 – Matthew 4:1-11
Matthew 4:1-11 Identity Theft First Sunday in Lent [New Member Sunday] – March 9, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Last year’s film Identity Theft tries to explore in a funny way something we have all heard about: the theft of another’s person’s identity in order to profit by it. A male […]
February 16 – Deuteronomy 30:15-20
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Choosing Life Sixth Sunday after Epiphany – February 16, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB The good news is that according to Deuteronomy, you have a choice: Choose life! The bad news is that according to Deuteronomy, you have a choice: Choose life! Choose life, says God through Moses today. […]
Ash Wednesday – Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Kept by God Ash Wednesday – March 5, 2014 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Many years ago one of our elderly members died, but she had no relatives left living in Winnipeg. She was cremated, but it was going to be some time before her closest relative was able to […]
