Lent 4B Numbers 21:4-9, John 3:14-21 In honor of St Patrick ’s Day I’ve seen lots of green, heard some wonderful Irish music and even a touch of Irish language. I saw a really cute cartoon with St Patrick in the driver’s seat of a car that was just crammed full of snakes. Each…
Lent 3B Exodus 20:1-17 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22 As I worked on my sermon for this week I remembered a somewhat heated conversation from a few years ago about this Gospel text. It started as a friendly debate amongst friends about how to preach on Jesus’ cleansing of the temple, but in the end,…
Lent Wednesday 2 Luke 23:39-43 Revelation 5:1-10 Our theme for the Wednesdays throughout Lent is seeing God in the unexpected places. To that end, I give you this story: Once upon a time, there was a little town not too far from here with people who were not too different from us called Sunny Forest.…
Lent Wednesday week 1 Isaiah 44:1-5, Mark 1:9-15 There is a Lutheran pastor in Denver, CO with a unique ministry. The worshiping community is called House for All, Sinners and Saints. Pastor Nadia is a very unique person herself for several reasons not the least of which are her long, slender arms covered in tattoos.…
Epiphany 6B 2 Kings 5:1-14 Mark 1:40-45 Blessed St Valentine’s Day week to you all. It seems that all the world is filled with flowers, hearts, cards and the real proof of love—Chocolate! Some of us may think of this holiday as “singles awareness day” as I have heard it called in the past. But…
Shepherdess Writes 