Though We Are Many, We Are One
Proper 18A-26 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago The Minnesota Golden Gophers beat the Eastern Illinois Panthers on Thursday 59-7. My wife’s cousin, Tyler, is a big fan. When I asked him how […]
Entries by Pastor Monte
Following in Jesus’ Footsteps
Proper 17A-26 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago “Take up your cross and follow me,” Jesus said (Matt. 16:24). Preaching here in front of a 30-foot-tall cross made of red granite in a […]
House of Living Stones
Proper 16A-26 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago ‘On this rock I will build my church.’ (Matthew 16:18). The church in Rome and the doctrine of the primacy of Peter is built upon […]
Build a Larger Table
Proper 15A-26 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Jesus is having a really-bad-no-good-day. Can you think of a time that Jesus acts less ‘Jesus-y?’ It’s the kind of story, caught on a cell […]
The Calm Amidst the Storm
Proper 14A-26 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago After feeding the 5000 Jesus ordered the disciples into a boat. He dismissed the crowds and sent the disciples to the other side of the […]
The Kingdom Comes
Proper 13A-26 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Jesus said, “you give them something to eat” (Matthew 14:16). The disciples were willing to disrupt their families and uproot their lives to follow Jesus—but […]
What a Mess!
Proper 11A-26 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Last week Jesus compared the kingdom of heaven to a Sower scattering seed with reckless abundance. This week the image shifts from the generosity of […]
From Hard-Scrabble Hearts
Proper 10A-26 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago For three Sundays, we are camped out here in Matthew 13 which contains seven parables about the kingdom of heaven or “realm of God.” Each […]
Embraced by Grace
Proper 9A-26 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago To what should I compare this generation? They are like toddlers crying all the louder when they hear other children crying. Nothing satisfies them. “Yet […]
The Sword of Truth
Proper 7A-26 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.” (Matthew 10:34-37). […]