Palm Sunday March 28, 2021 Luke 19, 29-44 It had started out as a regular morning for Josephus. Click here for service He awoke early dressed, had his breakfast and was headed out the door to go work in his workshop when Josephus spotted two thieves about to steal his young donkey. Living near the gate to the city, Josephus was used…
March 21, 2021Luke 18:31-19:10 Zacchaeus was likely a wealthy and powerful man in Jericho … maybe the most wealthy man in town. Click here for service In Jesus’ day, tax collectors collected what was owed by families to pay for centurions, roads and aqueducts … the infrastructure of an oppressive system. And these tax collectors would also charge over-and-above this, keeping the…
March 14, 2021Luke 16: 19-31 During recent weeks, some local advocates for the homeless have taken to social media to voice their criticism of a downtown property owner who erected a plastic mesh barricade at the entrance of a vacant building. Click here for service It seems that homeless people had been sheltering in the entranceway at this busy downtown location. With…
March 7, 2021Luke 15: 1-32 Click here for sermon In today’s gospel passage from Luke, Jesus and the disciples are en route to Jerusalem. As we heard last Sunday, Jesus has continued this ministry in the region … despite the warning that Herod was out to kill him. Jesus continues to call on the people to repent their ways so that the…
Luke 1-9; 34-36February 28, 2021 I recently came across a story about Eva the chicken. Click here for service It seems that one spring day Eva jumped the fence of her enclosure and disappeared. Her owners assumed she was gone for good … the victim of one of the local predators. But three weeks later Eva returned to her owners … with…
Luke 10:25-42February 21, 2021Lent 1 Click here for service Today, Jesus the teacher is being tested by a lawyer … who is searching for a theological centre and asks the question “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus turns the question back on the lawyer, who … unsurprisingly … can quote the law regarding loving the Lord and loving your…
Sunday, February 14, 2021 Bishop Michael Pryse, Eastern Synod The Holy Gospel according to Mark: Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to…
February 7, 2021Luke 7: 1-17 By the time we get to this point in Luke’s Gospel, Jesus’ healing ministry is well-established. Stories of his works have begun to spread through the region around Capernaum. Click here for service Because of this, crowds are beginning to gather and people are seeking out this teacher and healer. The centurion follows a familiar course ……
Sunday, January 31 2021 Bishop Susan Johnson, National Bishop Grace to you and peace in the name of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. And greetings to you from your siblings in Christ from coast to coast to coast that make up this part of the family of God that we call the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Mark’s gospel is really…
Luke 5: 1-11 January 24, 2021 It had been a long day for Simon, James and John. Click here for service They had taken their boats out into the lake … just a bit off shore. They strung their nets … weighed down by lead weights with gourds bobbing on the surface so that the nets were like a fence running parallel…