Entries by Pastor Monte

Fierce and Motherly Love

Easter 4C-25 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago “My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me” (John 10:27). Cattle must be driven, but sheep can be led. They hear […]

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Pass the Peace

Easter 2C-25 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago What do you do after the worst has happened? After hope is lost? The disciples are having a really bad no good day. They are […]

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God Took a Selfie and Gave Him to Us

Easter Sunday C-25 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Alleluia! Christ is risen (Christ is risen indeed, alleluia!) Yet that first Easter morning, despite the fresh bloom of early spring, everything looked dead. […]

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No Holding Back

Lent 5C-25 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Artist Lauren Wright Pittman created the image printed on the back of your worship folder entitled, “Anointed.” The original work, painted with arcylic on canvas, […]

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Prodigal God

Lent 4C-25 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago “The younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant region, and there he squandered his wealth in dissolute living.” (Luke 15:13). As […]

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Eat, Drink, Breathe

Lent 3C-25 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago “Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live” says the Prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 55:3).  “Unless you repent you will perish,’ […]

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The Wilderness Road

Lent 1C-19 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago The first Sunday in Lent feels a long way from the cherished stories of incarnation we read this Christmas. Mary spoke to Gabriel. An angel […]

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Looking for Loopholes?

Epiphany 7C-24 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.” Several colleagues remarked to […]

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