This Lenten season, like every year, we are setting forth a theme for our midweek evening services.   We’ve called this series, “Luthe...

The Transfiguration of Our Lord “Seeing the Glory.  Listening to the Son.” Matthew 17:1-9 This Sunday, Transfiguration Sunday, is ki...

Matthew 5:21–37 “You Have Heard It Said” I love neo-logisms.  Those little words and expressions that pop up here and there in modern lif...

There’s really two main thoughts in today’s Gospel reading.  In the first section, Jesus encourages Christians to be who they are – the sa...

Luke 2:21-24 Today we have a bit of an unusual churchly observance – one that many of us may not even know much about – (and I’m not tal...

Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, the saying goes, but teach a man to fish and he eats for his whole life. Teach a man who is a...

Isaiah 49:1-7 “From the Womb” Today we really have two threads to weave together.  On the one hand, it is the season of Epiphany.  The re...

Romans 6:1-11 “Baptism:  Death and Life” There are many things that we share in common with other Christians.  Depending on the denomi...

“The Things of My Father” Not two weeks from Christmas and we already see Jesus as a boy of 12 years old.  It is a precious passage wh...

Sermon – New Year’s Eve – Luke 12:35-40 "The Master Knows the Times" You can spend time, you can waste time or you can even ...