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The Song of Water and FireJanuary 12, 2025 - 1:35 pm
In Abba’s HouseDecember 29, 2024 - 2:36 pm
Make RoomDecember 24, 2024 - 5:35 pm
Finding God in DarknessDecember 22, 2024 - 2:02 pm
A Nightmare on Elmdale StreeetDecember 15, 2024 - 1:37 pm
Birth Pangs
SermonProper 28B-24 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Do you see these windows and that great red granite cross? “Not one stone will be left upon another,” Jesus said (Mark 13:2b). On this […]
A Passion for Justice
SermonProper 27B-24 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Jesus is in Jerusalem. It is the week of the passion, the final week of Jesus’ life. He rode in with shouts of Hosanna three […]
Come Out!
SermonAll Saints B-24 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago The ancient Celtic Christians believed the veil between heaven and earth becomes especially thin at this time of year. Through the lens of autumn […]
Seeing What Blind Bartimaeus Sees
SermonProper 25B-24 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Fall has come to Chicago. The incandescent season, when the trees reveal their fiery colors, the sky turns deep blue, the air is cool, and […]
Commonwealth is God’s Commandment
SermonProper 23B-2024 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The young man in our gospel today does—or at least, he wants everything. He is very disciplined. He seems […]
Worldwide Web of Belonging
SermonProper 22B-24—St. Francis, pet blessing Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Word of God Word of Life? For the second week in a row the declaration following today’s gospel feels more like a […]
With One Voice
SermonProper 21B-24 Immanuel Lutheran, Chicago Moses has finally had enough. He has confronted Pharoah, eluded the Egyptian army, crossed the Red Sea, come face to face with God at Mt. […]