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Mid-Week Lent – 4 – Psalm 23:4a,b.

sermon-4-3-19 Psalm 23:4a “Even though I walk through the valley of death, I fear no evil, for you are with me…” “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” For the last three Wednesdays beginning with Ash Wednesday, we … Continue reading

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Lent 4 – “The Loving Father” – Luke 15:1-3,11-32 – 3/31/19

sermon-3-31-19 “Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes grumbled saying, ‘This man receives sinners and eats with them.’” What the Pharisees and Scribes didn’t understand, and what many still … Continue reading

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Mid-Week Lent – Psalm 23:3 – 3/27/19

sermon-3-27-19 “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.” This is the ground that we have traveled together so far in our Lenten journey through … Continue reading

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Lent 3 – “Living Under Divine Justice and Grace” – Luke 13:1-9 – 3/24/19

sermon-3-24-19 Today’s gospel deals with the issue of Divine Justice and how it works. Do we get what we deserve? That’s the question that we wrestle with in our system of human justice. If you poke someone in the eye, … Continue reading

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Mid-Week Lent – 2 – Psalm 23:2 – 3/20/19

sermon-3-20-19 Psalm 23:2 “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” In the first verse of this beloved 23rd Psalm, David gathers together in one sentence the theme of the entire psalm – “since the Lord is his shepherd, … Continue reading

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Ash Wednesday – Psalm 23:1 – 3/13/19

sermon-3-13-19 “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” So begins the beloved “Twenty Third Psalm.” This Psalm is just one of many written by David. And although each one of the 150 Psalms in the Psalmody is beautiful … Continue reading

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Lent 2 – “His Steadfast Face” – Luke 13:31-35 – 3/14/19

“At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to Jesus, ‘Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” How do you picture the face of Christ? When you put a face to the name of Jesus, what … Continue reading

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Transfiguration – “They Woke Up In Heaven” – Luke 9:28-36

sermon-3-3-19 “And Jesus said to all, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for … Continue reading

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Festival of St. Matthias – “No Vacancy” – Acts 1:15-26 – 2/24/19

sermon-2-24-19 St. Luke writes a sequel to his gospel that is called “The Acts of the Apostles.” “In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus BEGAN to do and teach until the day when he … Continue reading

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Epiphany 6 – “Blessed Are You” – Luke 6:17-26 – 2/17/19

sermon-2-17-19 The text is our gospel reading. Our Lord has just been on a mountain where He prayed through the night. In the morning, He called His disciples to gather around Him. Luke doesn’t tell us how many that was … Continue reading

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