All Saints Matthew 5:1-12 Ever wish you could have heard Jesus preach in person? That would have been an amazing thing to hear, wouldn’t it? Wonder what he would have sounded like. Would he have spoken loudly, passionately, softly; would you have to strain to hear him or would he have shouted so people could…
Today, I made history. Kinda by accident. Funny thing about making history: it never happens when you’re in your best dress. I guess it does for some people. The big people making big history every day. They know it’s coming. The rest of us don’t really. History sneaks up on you and there you are…
Earth’s crammed with heaven, and every common bush, afire with God–Elizabeth Barret Browning Season of Creation Year A 1st Sunday Genesis 2:4b-10, 16-22 Colossians 1:15-20 John 3:1-17 (more information on the Season of Creation coming soon) For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son… in order that the world might be…
Pentecost 12A Jeremiah 15:15-21, Romans 12:9-21, Matthew 16:21-29 Before we get started looking at today’s scriptures, I have a confession to make: I do not like a single one of the texts for this week. Not one. In the first one, from the Old Testament, Jeremiah is whining on and on, as he does pretty…
Each year on the Sunday closest to August 15th I get to preach a sermon about Mary, the mother of Jesus. Now, that may seem just fine to some and strange to others. Most Lutherans have never concerned themselves very much with Mary, just like most of Protestant Christianity. I will admit that for most…
Shepherdess Writes 