Matthew 21:33-46 I took the long way home a few days back. I drove the roads which were mine growing up, going past vast fields of corn and soybeans which have been part of my landscape my whole life long. I grew up with kids whose families owned these farms. Indeed, parts of more than …
Month: September 2020
“Let the Same Mind Be In You That Was In Christ Jesus…”
Philippians 2:1-13 I officiated at a baptism yesterday. It is the second one I have done since the onset of this pandemic. In both cases we had our masks on and kept our distance. (Pictured here is the family along with the sponsors who were with us via Facetime. Other than for the photographs, they kept …
“My Ninevah”
Jonah 3:10-4:11 Matthew 20:1-16 “And should I not be concerned about Ninevah, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also many animals?” (Jonah 4:11) As of now, I cannot think of a better last line of …
Stuck in the Middle of Lent: Joseph’s Brothers and the Forgiven, Unforgiving Slave
Genesis 50:15-21 Matthew 18:21-35 I walked into the robing room at First Lutheran Church the other day. I had not had much reason to spend time in there over the last six months. We have been taping services earlier in the week and what in person worship we have shared in has been outside. On …