Duty Bound
Third Sunday after Pentecost: Gospel, Luke 9:51-62 Luke 9:51-62 My this is a gospel reading that brings so much to the reader. There is a difference between reading a text that...
Blessed Freedom
Third Sunday after Pentecost: Epistle, Galatians 5:1, 13-25 Galatians 5:1, 13-25 Americans love freedom. Well, historically Americans have loved freedom. The cauldron of American culture...
It’s Not What You’d Expect
Third Sunday after Pentecost: Old Testament, 1 Kings 19:9b-21 1 Kings 19:9b-21 Warning! This meditation really isn’t a meditation. It is an...
Clear Sight
Second Sunday after Pentecost: Gospel, Luke 8:26-39 Luke 8:26-39 Have you ever wondered how it is that demons in the Bible know, with complete certainty, the identity of...
In Your Face
Second Sunday after Pentecost: Epistle, Galatians 3:23-4:7 Galatians 3:23-4:7 I was not always a member of the Church of the Augsburg Confession. WHAT?! I’ve never heard of that denomination before. Well...
Stray
Second Sunday After Pentecost: Old Testament: Isaiah 65:1-9 Isaiah 65:1-9 Our lesson today points to failure on the part of God’s people. What makes it...
Unpopularity
Trinity: Gospel, John 8:48-59 John 8:48-59 “Can’t we all just get along&rdquo...
This Jesus
Trinity: Epistle, Acts 2:14a, 22-36 Acts 2:14a, 22-36 There is, while reading the great Petrine sermon in Acts 2 a thrill...
Wisdom Calls
Trinity: First Reading, Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Proverbs chapter 8 brings a lovely portrait of our Savior cloaked as heaven-born Wisdom. And I love how the chapter...
Remembering with Peace
Pentecost: Gospel, John 14:23-31 John 14:23-31 The Son accomplishes His grave yet joyous task in dying...
