UPDATE: December 2009 I’m beginning to post my sermons at a separate sermon blog, with its own feed, post archives, categories, etc.. I will no longer post new sermons here and, as time allows, I will migrate old sermons to the new sermon blog. Thanks! —– Sermons are listed according to date, with the mostContinue reading “Sermons”
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New Flesh, New Breath
The Festival of Pentecost, Year B May 31, 2009 Ezekiel 37:1-14; Acts 2 In the name of the blessed Trinity: Father, Son, Holy Spirit, One God. Amen. Last Sunday my family worshiped at my wife’s childhood church, St Michael’s Lutheran Church in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. St Michael’s is a church that was alreadyContinue reading “New Flesh, New Breath”
The Human Element
The Second Sunday of Easter, Year B April 19, 2009 1 John 1:1-2:2; John 20:19-31 In the name of our risen Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. “It’s so full of life. It’s not quite what you’d expect.” My dad made these comments yesterday as we walked from the FDR Memorial to the World War II Memorial,Continue reading “The Human Element”
I Am Not the Good Shepherd
Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year B May 3, 2009 Psalm 23; John 10:11-18 In the name of Jesus, the Good Shepherd whose voice gathers the church into being. Amen. It’s called the “messiah complex,” an insidious little fantasy that allows someone to believe that they alone can save someone, something … that they can andContinue reading “I Am Not the Good Shepherd”
Dying to Live: A Parable in Pixar
The Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year B March 29, 2009 John 12:20-33 Grace, Mercy and Peace be to you, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. The Letter to the Hebrews begins with this famous line, Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, butContinue reading “Dying to Live: A Parable in Pixar”
The Lutheran Zephyr 