This sermon was first preached for an online service of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square on Sunday, May 10, 2020. You can watch and participate in St. Luke’s online worship on our Facebook page at 10:10 am on Sundays, central time. Relevant lectionary readings here. This week the reading in Acts tells us […]
First preached for an online worship service at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square on Sunday, April 26th. You can worship with us Sundays at 10:10 am central time at St. Luke’s Facebook page. Relevant lectionary readings here. It’s been another week of feeling like we are on the strangest timeline. The days […]
This sermon was originally preached for an online Easter Vigil, Saturday, April 11, 2020 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square. Relevant lectionary readings here. This is the night where we gather together and sit around the fire as the dark creeps in, and we tell and retell our favorite stories. Stories that began […]
This sermon was originally preached for an online reflection on Holy Saturday at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square. Relevant lectionary readings here. It’s Holy Saturday, the morning after it happened. The disciples are huddled inside, frozen and afraid. A few of the women have begun preparing burial spices, channeling their mourning into action, […]
First preached online on Friday, April 10th, 2020 on Good Friday for an online service of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square. Relevant lectionary texts here. He saw it coming, the way a lot of slain revolutionaries do. He knew how this would go. He saw the way that John was snatched away, imprisoned, executed. […]
First preached for at online, social-distancing service at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Logan Square. Relevant lectionary texts here. With gratitude to John Stendahl for his post on the etymology of “quarantine.” The Spirit drove Jesus into quarantine for 40 days and 40 nights. He was socially distant from everyone. He didn’t go to the […]
Readings are from Lent 1, and can be found here. St. Luke’s, Holy Family, and First Trinity decided to share preachers this Lent. Each of the five preachers brought one sermon to each place, which is why you might notice that the lectionary is out of the traditional order. This sermon was first preached at […]
Originally preached on February 26, 2020 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square. You can listen to a podcast recording of this sermon here. And check out relevant lectionary readings here. This day is a peculiar one in the church calendar. Today is the day where Pastor Erin and I will look at each […]
First preached on Transfiguration Sunday, February 23, 2020, at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Logan Square. Relevant lectionary texts here. I don’t know how many of you are familiar with it, but I grew up on the musical “Jesus Christ Superstar.” My mom introduced it to me and my siblings when we were pretty young […]
First preached on February 16, 2019 to St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Logan Square, Chicago. Relevant lectionary texts here. I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live. Today we continue on in the Gospel of Matthew with Jesus’ sermon on the mount. […]
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