Second Sunday in Lent
Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 13:31-35March 15-16, 2025 CITIZENS OF HEAVENI love to travel. This is an old passport of mine issued in 1991. The identif cation picture shows a man with far fewer wrinkles and a lot more hair than now. The remaining pages in it and other passports I’ve accumulate show evidence of my wanderlust. On them you’ll find…
First Sunday in Lent
Lent I Good Shepherd sermon, March 9, 2025. Luke 4: 1-13 “Diabolically Miscalculated” Grace, mercy, and peace to you, from God, the Creator, ourLord and Savior, Jesus Christ, thru the power of the Holy Spirit.Amen.A few times a day, I will glance at my watch, tap the face, andsee how many steps I’ve taken up to that very minute. It willalso show me steps converted into…
Transfiguration Sunday
Good Shepherd sermon. March 2/3, 2025 Luke 9. 28 – 36 “Transfigured thru Prayer” Grace, mercy, and peace to you, from God, the Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, thru the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Let me ask you a personal question: Have you ever had a “mountain top” experience, where things…
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
Luke 6: 27 – 38 “Listening to the Invitation” Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God, the Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, thru the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I hope you’re doing well after the ice and snow deposits we had last weekend, forcing many to stay home Saturday and cancel Sunday’s worship. That can be a…
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
(Church was closed due to inclement weather.) Greetings, all! Well, here we are watching the snow come down on a Sunday morning. Since we can’t be together at church, we thought you might like to read the sermon I prepared. Please stay warm, stay safe, and have a great day! Blessings ~ P B Luke 6:17-26 He came down with them and stood on a level…
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Gospel: Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 A reading from the Gospel of Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around [Jesus], they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash…
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Gospel: John 6:56-69 A reading from the Gospel of John Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus said,] “Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they…
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Gospel: John 6:51-58 A reading from the Gospel of John. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus said,] “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to…
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Gospel: John 6:35, 41-51 A reading from the Gospel of John Glory to you, O Lord. Jesus said to [the crowd,] “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the…
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Gospel: John 6:24-35 A reading from the Gospel of John. Glory to you, O Lord. When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were [beside the sea,] they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus. When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell…