Posts from 2020

ROMANS 5:1-5 Friends as I stand before you today, I have to admit – this is weird! Your seat here is empty today but you are as present to me and to Christ as if you were sitting just right here. We are the united Body of Christ no matter where we may be. Still, it is a surreal situation – there is so much we don’t know – we don’t know when this will end, we don’t know…

MATTHEW 1:1-16 Did you zone out a little when that Scripture was read this morning? Do you usually just sort of skip over this part, because most of the names are obscure – we don’t really know who they are or their significance. But with a closer look we do recognize some of the names and it is even more of a surprise that some of them are here. Today in our Lenten…

1 SAMUEL 16:10-13 Today, we continue our Lenten sermon series on Messy People from the Bible. Last week we read the parable of the Prodigal Son. The prodigal and his father and older brother were part of a very messy family situation, not so unlike something we might encounter today. Two siblings at odds with each other and a parent who loves them both. Many of us saw a…

LUKE 15:11-32 Today is the first Sunday in Lent, which began on this past Wednesday, Ash Wednesday. Lent is the 40 days, not counting Sundays during which we prepare us or Easter Sunday. Traditionally, the season of Lent is a bit more somber and reflective. It is a time to take a good look at ourselves and our faith, to remember our baptism and our Lord. It is also a time…

MATTHEW 17:1-9 AND 2 PETER 1:16-18 There are some moments in our faith that take us into the unknown, into the unfamiliar, into the transcendent. Moments that are so holy and unexplainable that all we can do is stand in open-mouthed  awe and wonder. When Moses encounters the burning bush that never burns up in the wilderness of Mt. Horeb – it is such a moment. When Elijah…