Luke 5:1-11 Call stories often begin with an excuse. I am too young. I am too old. I can’t afford it. I’m not smart enough or strong...

Luke 2:22-40 In the gospel reading for the Presentation, we get a picture of a young mother and her husband heading to their place of...

Luke 4:14-21 Last week we heard John’s account of Jesus’ ministry kick-off with the Wedding at Cana and the turning of water into wine....

John 2:1-11 This Sunday’s gospel is more than a story about a good time at a wedding reception. Jesus, his disciples, his mother, and...

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 One of the most moving portions of the funeral liturgy for me is the reminder in one of the opening sentences at the...

Matthew 2:1-12 In this season, we have been exploring the question of “who Jesus is.” On this great Feast of the Epiphany, the identity...

As a pastor and preacher, I will never be able to disentangle this passage in John 1 from Christmas liturgies in my first call. The...

Luke 2:41-52 I once heard one of my mentors in ministry preach a sermon in which he declared that at the end of the day Christian faith...

John 1:1-14 Whatever you do this day, please do not give Christmas Day the ax!  An increasingly disturbing trend among many Lutherans is...

Luke 2:2:1-20 The Revised Common Lectionary presents several options for readings surrounding the Vigil of Christmas (Christmas Eve) and...