Palm Sunday (A) Matthew 26-27 April 2, 2023 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The text that I have chosen for this morning’s sermon is the Gospel from Saint Matthew. I love Clint Eastwood westerns.  The Unforgiven is great, but even better are the spaghetti […]

5th Sunday in Lent (A) John 11:1-45 March 26, 2023 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The text that I have chosen for this morning’s sermon is the Gospel from St. John. Since about the 5th century BC, stories have circulated about the Fountain of […]

3rd Sunday in Lent (A) John 4:5-26 March 12, 2023   Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.   The text that I have chosen for this morning’s sermon is the Gospel from St. John.   During a work trip with my wife, I had a […]

2nd Sunday in Lent (A) Genesis 12:1-9 March 5, 2023 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The text that I have chosen for this morning’s sermon is the Old Testament reading from the book of Genesis. I regularly get flyers about taking a trip that […]

Ash Wednesday Job 30:11-19 February 22, 2023 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The text that I have chosen for this morning’s sermon is the Old Testament reading from the book of Job. This past Wednesday begins the forty-day journey of Lent and since we […]

Transfiguration Sunday (A) 2 Peter 1:16-21 February 19, 2023 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The text that I have chosen for this morning’s sermon is the Epistle from St. Peter. At my vicarage congregation in Seattle (vicarage is essentially an internship) there was a […]

6th Sunday after Pentecost (A) Deuteronomy 30:15-20 February 12, 2023 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The text that I have chosen for this morning’s sermon is the Old Testament reading from Moses’ speech in Deuteronomy. One of Emmanuel’s members is fond of saying that […]

4th Sunday after the Epiphany (A) Micah 6:1-8 January 29, 2023 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The text that I have chosen for this morning’s sermon is the Old Testament reading from the prophet Micah.   If you want to get people’s attention you […]

3rd Sunday after the Epiphany (A) Matthew 4:12-25 January 22, 2023 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The text that I have chosen for this morning’s sermon is the Gospel from Saint Matthew. A common affliction for the totally blind is called “non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder”.  […]