Sermons
April 10-12, 2020 – The Three Days in Three Acts From Death to Life (Good Friday, Holy Saturday & Easter Sunday)
John 18:1-20:18 The Three Days in Three Acts – From Death to Life Good Friday, Holy Saturday & Easter Sunday First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Act I – Good Friday In John’s account of Jesus’ Passion and death is not a defeat but a victory. When Jesus announces from the cross “It is finished” […]
April 5, 2020 – Philippians 2:1-11
Philippians 2:1-11 The Emptiness of Love Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion A – April 5, 2020 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB If, then, there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same […]
March 29, 2020 – John 11:1-45
John 11:1-45 The Cost of Loving Lent 5A – March 29, 2020 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB When Jesus finally arrives at the tomb of his friend Lazarus, he is, our translation says, “Greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved.” In Greek the word this attempts to translate is splagchnizodmai. What a […]
March 22, 2020 – I Samuel 16:1-13
I Samuel 16:1-13 Grieve no Longer, I Will Provide 4th Sunday in Lent – March 22, 2020 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Samuel is grieving. Samuel was the prophet entrusted with anointing Israel’s first king. Samuel is sometimes called the “king-maker.” He anointed Saul as Israel’s first king and had high hopes for him. […]
March 15, 2020 – Exodus 17:1-7, John 4:5-42
Exodus 17:1-7; John 4:5-42 Faith and COVID-19 Third Sunday in Lent – March 15, 2020 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Like the NHL, Lent at the Movies is on hiatus this week. I want to take an opportunity to address something that is unprecedented in our lifetimes, the COVID-19 pandemic. I am dismayed […]
March 8, 2020 – John 3:1-17
John 3:1-17 Being Born . . . Anew – Lent at the Movies II Second Sunday in Lent – March 8, 2020 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Once upon a time, somebody saw something in you. Maybe it was something you didn’t see in yourself. Goodness. Kindness. Compassion. Trustworthiness. Maybe it was a long […]
March 1, 2020 – Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11
Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11 More – Lent at the Movies I: The Rise of Skywalker First Sunday in Lent – March 2, 2020 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB The wilderness is a place where the Israelites were sent to school long ago. It’s in the wilderness that the people learned that […]
February 26, 2020 (Ash Wednesday) – Genesis 3:1-24; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Genesis 3:1-24; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 From Death to Life Ash Wednesday – February 26, 2020 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Every year I get to make the ashes for the Ash Wednesday service. It is one of the weirdest things I do as a pastor. I take last year’s palm leaves from Palm Sunday […]
February 23, 2020 – Matthew 17:1-9
Matthew 17:1-9 Jesus on the Mountain, Jesus in the Valley Transfiguration of our Lord – February 23, 2020 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB An amazing thing happens on the mountain. Jesus begins to shine, brightly, burningly, magnificently. On the mountain, Jesus is fully revealed for who he really is: God, in the flesh. Fully […]
February 16, 2020 – Deuteronomy 30:15-20
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Choosing Life Sixth Sunday after Epiphany – February 16, 2020 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. Choose life. […]
