The Shepherdess Writes
Each year on the Sunday closest to August 15th I plan to preach a sermon that talks about Mary, the mother of Jesus. Now, that may seem just fine to some and strange to others. Most Lutherans have never concerned themselves very much with Mary, just like most of Protestant Christianity. I will admit that [...]
Recently, I did a little post that made a passing reference to Elevation Church and it was, basically, just a nod in the direction of an incident that occurred at one of their worship services which I read about elsewhere. It could have been one of many big entertainment-focused churches. However, someone mentioned to me [...]
Sermon for Pentecost 2A July 3, 2011 Zechariah 9:9-12, Psalm 145, Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Several years ago I assisted with a large scale church production which could have rivaled that of Hollywood but was modestly called Vacation Bible School. In this VBS, it was my job to help portray several bible stories with little skits [...]
…with his American Express Platinum card. Yeah, right. This week, a friend of mine was talking about something she saw on a couple of her friends’ statuses [on our favorite social network site]. The first was a person thanking God for her child who had suffered a significant health crisis and although she was not [...]
As I contemplate the upcoming week’s sermon, I sometimes think to myself: ‘What were those crazy lectionary people thinking when they put this together???’ This week, in my opinion, is a prime example. Well, not THIS specific week, but this week every year. Easter 3. The weeks during the Great 50 Days of Easter have a [...]
August 12, 2011
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