Trinity Sunday: Second Reading, Acts 2:14a, 22-36 Fresh off the Feast of Pentecost, the week has passed and the normal, (well as normal as can be) course has taken us through pandemic, protest and riot. Nothing much is normal these days in our country, and following the colossal incoming of the...
Trinity Sunday: OT Reading, Genesis 1:1-2:4a I love reading the Biblical account of the creation. There is nothing else quite like it in all the reading I’ve done through the years and I would think that would be true of you as well. There is no better word to describe it in my mind than...
Pentecost: Gospel, John 7:37-39 Have you ever thought about how much we need water? All of us could survive several weeks without food. But water? That’s altogether different. And water plays prominently throughout the Bible whether as a means of sustaining God’s people physically...
Pentecost: Epistle Reading, Romans 8:12-17 All Holy Scripture is inspired. All of it, every jot and tittle is the out-breathing of God. I believe that. Every Lutheran should. And the source of that inspiration? The Holy Spirit. Not a difficult question to answer to be sure. But Romans chapter 8...
Pentecost: OT Reading, Numbers 11:24-30 What is it that we really need? I mean as God’s chosen people, what can we simply not live without. If you have spent any time in the gospels, you will have encountered Jesus being tempted by His adversary and ours in the wilderness. Following...
[As noted earlier in the week, my written meditations are focused upon the Feast of the Ascension rather than the reading for this coming Sunday.] Ascension: Gospel Reading, Luke 24:44-53 I wonder if, when Luke penned the account of our Lord’s Ascension in his gospel, that he had any...
Ascension: Second Reading, Ephesians 1:15-23 The Apostle Paul surely can pray. A wonderful study is one that looks at all the prayers of St. Paul in the New Testament and today's second reading is one of those great expressions of heart. Paul has opened the letter to the Ephesian Christians...
Ascension: First Reading, Acts 1:1-11 NOTE: The observance of the Ascension of Christ on the Calendar occurs this week on Thursday. I have chosen to write our weekly meditations on this joyous Festival rather than the lessons for Easter 7 (Sunday). Can you picture it with me? Jesus, the...
Easter 6: Gospel, John 14:15-21 Last week we looked at Jesus’ focus on His Father and how He is our true destination. As the passage develops we are let in on the fact that Jesus, His Father and the Holy Spirit are all moving in our direction as well. And as long as we have breath here...
Easter 6: Second Reading, 1 Peter 3:13-22 “Baptism … now saves you …” Verse 21 of 1 Peter 3 has been a bull’s-eye for all kinds of discussion, preaching and spilled ink over the years. “Baptism doesn’t save unless you believe in works.” Or...
