Pentecost Sunday A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago I went into Ace Hardware yesterday mostly to put a stop to the dashboard light screaming, “Replace Remote Battery Now.” I’ve been there many […]
Easter 6A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago As part of training for ministry 30 years ago, I spent a summer working as a chaplain at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. I […]
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Easter 5A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Death by stoning is a horrible way to die. Yet despite the violence directed against him, Stephen prayed for his enemies. “He knelt down and […]
Easter 3A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago When he was about eighteen, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599–1660), created one of his first paintings, titled simply, “Kitchen Maid.” A copy at […]
Easter 2A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Few things focus our minds on mortality than our own injuries. I remember playing sardines at a youth lock-in when I slipped on a small […]
Easter Sunday A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Alleluia! Christ is risen. (Christ is risen indeed. Alleluia!) Because Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring […]
Lent 5A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago The week after Christmas my family headed out on a 3,800-mile trip to Montana and back. I was excited but also a little anxious. I […]
Why Do Church?
SermonPentecost Sunday A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago I went into Ace Hardware yesterday mostly to put a stop to the dashboard light screaming, “Replace Remote Battery Now.” I’ve been there many […]
God is Close, Real Close
SermonEaster 6A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago As part of training for ministry 30 years ago, I spent a summer working as a chaplain at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. I […]
From Heaven to Earth
SermonEaster 5A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Death by stoning is a horrible way to die. Yet despite the violence directed against him, Stephen prayed for his enemies. “He knelt down and […]
Living Resurrection
SermonEaster 3A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago When he was about eighteen, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599–1660), created one of his first paintings, titled simply, “Kitchen Maid.” A copy at […]
Wounded Healers
SermonEaster 2A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Few things focus our minds on mortality than our own injuries. I remember playing sardines at a youth lock-in when I slipped on a small […]
Rolling Stones
SermonEaster Sunday A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Alleluia! Christ is risen. (Christ is risen indeed. Alleluia!) Because Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring […]
Your Everyday Survival Kit
SermonLent 5A-23 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago The week after Christmas my family headed out on a 3,800-mile trip to Montana and back. I was excited but also a little anxious. I […]