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Devoted & Devoured

Devoted & Devoured
1 Kings 17:8-16, Mark 12:38-44
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 2009 Pentecost 23B
The past month or two the readings from the gospel of Mark have been an unfolding drama – we’ve been following Jesus as he and his disciples traveled from the areas outside of Israel – foreign lands, unclean places, with wretched people – [...]

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Sunday Sermon: Undergo

This is pretty close to what was preached on Sunday.
Here’s the audio if you prefer.
Undergo
Easter 6B – Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
John 15:9-17, 1 John 5:1-6
Grace and peace to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
My mother-in-law, Heidi, has the gift of creating relationships with everyone she meets. The first time I met [...]

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Passion Week Twittered

If you are a twitter-er (tweeter? twit?) this may be of interest to you.  John Chandler has set up a twitter account that will track passion week
I have created a Twitter account called @passionweek. Beginning this Sunday — Palm Sunday — you can follow along with the events of Jesus’ final week. Throughout the week, [...]

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Sunday Sermon: What Can I See?

What Can I See?
John 12:20-36, Lent 5B; Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Audio version will be available here.

Grace and Peace to you in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Jesus has just come from the exultant high of his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The crowds cheering him on as he rode into town as the prophets said. [...]

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Looking Up

Sermon text from Sunday, March 22
The audio version can be found here
Looking Up
Spring has sprung. The birds are chirping a bit more, the weather is definitely more pleasant than the past few months have been, and the sun finally shines longer than the night shadows. The depression of darkness is beginning to give [...]

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