Baptism of our Lord B-21 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago For now, we see through a glass, darkly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know fully, as I am fully known. —1 Corinthians 13:12 We navigate by the uncertain light of epiphany. Without all the details, we make decisions. […]
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Christmas 2B-21 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Every sermon I’ve written since 2005 is on the computer through which I’m speaking to you now. Yet there was no sermon for the second Sunday of Christmas—until now. Last year, on New Year’s Eve, I was embarrassing my kids on the dance floor at the YMCA of the Rockies. […]
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Christmas Day B-20 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Have you opened gifts yet? I got off easy this Christmas. I installed a closet clothing rod in Joe’s room before he came home. Other years, I’ve assembled a bicycle, a free-standing basketball hoop, and an outdoor playhouse. And, of course, many things from Ikea. There’s a storage unit […]
4th Sunday of Advent Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago As I sit here the little light next to the built-in camera on my laptop is shining green. I can see many of you, although not all of you, on a large external monitor. I have on my clergy shirt. I’m wearing my blue stole for the Advent […]
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Advent 2B-20 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Comfort O Comfort my people, says the Lord. Speak tenderly to them (Isaiah 40:1&2). Comfort is hard to come by this holiday season. It’s time to celebrate small victories. Did I tell you? We sat on the back porch for Thanksgiving this year. Kari’s parents came down from Milwaukee. We […]
Advent 1B-20 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Happy New Year! Drop the balloons. Shout hooray. Cue the music. Today is the start of the new year in worship. We move from the end to beginning again. Yet, somehow today feels less like a party. Like when you can’t pay the electric bill. We flip on the lights […]
Christ the King Sunday Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago In a far-away land that “is somehow not so far away,” one night a truth fell from the stars. And as it fell, it broke into two pieces—one piece blazed off through the sky and the other fell straight to the ground. One day a man stumbled upon […]
What We Saw on Epiphany
SermonBaptism of our Lord B-21 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago For now, we see through a glass, darkly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know fully, as I am fully known. —1 Corinthians 13:12 We navigate by the uncertain light of epiphany. Without all the details, we make decisions. […]
Home is Where We Start From
SermonChristmas 2B-21 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Every sermon I’ve written since 2005 is on the computer through which I’m speaking to you now. Yet there was no sermon for the second Sunday of Christmas—until now. Last year, on New Year’s Eve, I was embarrassing my kids on the dance floor at the YMCA of the Rockies. […]
Assembly Required
SermonChristmas Day B-20 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Have you opened gifts yet? I got off easy this Christmas. I installed a closet clothing rod in Joe’s room before he came home. Other years, I’ve assembled a bicycle, a free-standing basketball hoop, and an outdoor playhouse. And, of course, many things from Ikea. There’s a storage unit […]
Cast Off Your Pandemic Doldrums
Sermon4th Sunday of Advent Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago As I sit here the little light next to the built-in camera on my laptop is shining green. I can see many of you, although not all of you, on a large external monitor. I have on my clergy shirt. I’m wearing my blue stole for the Advent […]
The Healer Comes
SermonAdvent 2B-20 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Comfort O Comfort my people, says the Lord. Speak tenderly to them (Isaiah 40:1&2). Comfort is hard to come by this holiday season. It’s time to celebrate small victories. Did I tell you? We sat on the back porch for Thanksgiving this year. Kari’s parents came down from Milwaukee. We […]
Christ Coming
SermonAdvent 1B-20 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Happy New Year! Drop the balloons. Shout hooray. Cue the music. Today is the start of the new year in worship. We move from the end to beginning again. Yet, somehow today feels less like a party. Like when you can’t pay the electric bill. We flip on the lights […]
Gospel Medicine
SermonChrist the King Sunday Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago In a far-away land that “is somehow not so far away,” one night a truth fell from the stars. And as it fell, it broke into two pieces—one piece blazed off through the sky and the other fell straight to the ground. One day a man stumbled upon […]