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Br. Luke Ditewig Christ the King: The Last Sunday after Pentecost Jeremiah 23:1-6 Luke 23:33-43 Woe to shepherds who destroy and scatter my people! Through Jeremiah, God is upset at corrupt kings in Israel and tells of Jesus to come as a good king, a righteous Branch, who will be wise, who will save and bring safety. Not long after this King Nebuch…
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Br. Luke Ditewig Christ the King: The Last Sunday after Pentecost Jeremiah 23:1-6 Luke 23:33-43 Woe to shepherds who destroy and scatter my people! Through Jeremiah, God is upset at corrupt kings in Israel and tells of Jesus to come as a good king, a righteous Branch, who will be wise, who will save and bring safety. Not long after this King Nebuch…
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Br. Lain Wilson The Blessed Virgin Mary, God-bearer Luke 1:39-56 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 In his classic introduction to the Hebrew prophets, Abraham Heschel notes a characteristic of the prophet Isaiah: “Pathos is spoken of in Isaiah more frequently in an instrumental than in a personal sense. . . . the world’s great powers are instruments of the div…
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Br. Lain Wilson The Blessed Virgin Mary, God-bearer Luke 1:39-56 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 In his classic introduction to the Hebrew prophets, Abraham Heschel notes a characteristic of the prophet Isaiah: “Pathos is spoken of in Isaiah more frequently in an instrumental than in a personal sense. . . . the world’s great powers are instruments of the div…
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Br. David Vryhof 1 Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59 Luke 19:45-48 We have today two stories, both of which involve the cleansing of the Temple. Our first lesson from the book of Maccabees records the actions taken by Judas Maccabeus following the desecration of the Temple by the Seleucid king, Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Having conquered Antiochus’ army, Judas…
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Br. David Vryhof 1 Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59 Luke 19:45-48 We have today two stories, both of which involve the cleansing of the Temple. Our first lesson from the book of Maccabees records the actions taken by Judas Maccabeus following the desecration of the Temple by the Seleucid king, Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Having conquered Antiochus’ army, Judas…
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The Things That Make for Peace – Br. James Koester
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Br. James Koester Luke 19:41-44 Our course reading of Luke has been interrupted this week, first by Sunday, and then by the feasts of Hugh, Hilda, and Elizabeth on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. It is no wonder then if you are scratching your heads wondering where on earth are we. We are in fact, right at the beginning of Luke’s account of Holy We…
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The Things That Make for Peace – Br. James Koester
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Br. James Koester Luke 19:41-44 Our course reading of Luke has been interrupted this week, first by Sunday, and then by the feasts of Hugh, Hilda, and Elizabeth on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. It is no wonder then if you are scratching your heads wondering where on earth are we. We are in fact, right at the beginning of Luke’s account of Holy We…
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The Illusion of Certainty – Br. Jamie Nelson
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Br. Jamie Nelson Luke 17:26-37 Spoiler alert: there’s no prediction about the date or hour of Jesus’ return in this sermon. If you looked up the gospel reading and came to the service today specifically to hear calculations based on this passage, I’m sorry to disappoint you. However, given a well-publicized practice in some traditions of contempora…
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Br. Jamie Nelson Luke 17:26-37 Spoiler alert: there’s no prediction about the date or hour of Jesus’ return in this sermon. If you looked up the gospel reading and came to the service today specifically to hear calculations based on this passage, I’m sorry to disappoint you. However, given a well-publicized practice in some traditions of contempora…
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Br. Jack Crowley Martin of Tours Matthew 25:31-46 Tonight we celebrate the life of Saint Martin of Tours. Saint Martin lived in the fourth century and converted to Christianity as a young adult at a time when Christianity had only recently become legal in the Roman Empire. Martin went on to be a Roman soldier, then a hermit, then started the first …
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Br. Jack Crowley Martin of Tours Matthew 25:31-46 Tonight we celebrate the life of Saint Martin of Tours. Saint Martin lived in the fourth century and converted to Christianity as a young adult at a time when Christianity had only recently become legal in the Roman Empire. Martin went on to be a Roman soldier, then a hermit, then started the first …
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Saint Willibrord, A Living Template – Br. Curtis Almquist
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Br. Curtis Almquist Willibrord Psalm 98:1-4 In the calendar of the church we remember today a monk named Willibrord who was born in the mid-seventh century in what is now southern Scotland, northern England. In his early 30s, and with 12 companions, he sailed from the Isles to evangelize Frisia, which is modern-day Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Neth…
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Saint Willibrord, A Living Template – Br. Curtis Almquist
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Br. Curtis Almquist Willibrord Psalm 98:1-4 In the calendar of the church we remember today a monk named Willibrord who was born in the mid-seventh century in what is now southern Scotland, northern England. In his early 30s, and with 12 companions, he sailed from the Isles to evangelize Frisia, which is modern-day Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Neth…
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Sparks through the Stubble – Br. Lain Wilson
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Br. Lain Wilson All Souls: All the Faithful Departed Wisdom 3:1-9 A week and a half ago, I ran the Marine Corps Marathon, in Washington, DC. I anticipated the physical exhaustion, but didn’t expect the emotional exhaustion. No small part of that came at mile 12, the “wear blue mile.” Every few strides, a pair of sandwich boards featured a fallen se…
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Br. Lain Wilson All Souls: All the Faithful Departed Wisdom 3:1-9 A week and a half ago, I ran the Marine Corps Marathon, in Washington, DC. I anticipated the physical exhaustion, but didn’t expect the emotional exhaustion. No small part of that came at mile 12, the “wear blue mile.” Every few strides, a pair of sandwich boards featured a fallen se…
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Br. Curtis Almquist Preached at the Eucharist of the Resurrection in thanksgiving for the life and witness of Mary “Polly” Chatfield (1929–2025). Isaiah 25:6-8 Psalm 84 1 Corinthians 13:8-13 John 11:17-26 All of what we have heard read from the scriptures Polly chose for her funeral. Polly also chose the hymns and the poetry. She planned this! Poll…
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Br. Curtis Almquist Preached at the Eucharist of the Resurrection in thanksgiving for the life and witness of Mary “Polly” Chatfield (1929–2025). Isaiah 25:6-8 Psalm 84 1 Corinthians 13:8-13 John 11:17-26 All of what we have heard read from the scriptures Polly chose for her funeral. Polly also chose the hymns and the poetry. She planned this! Poll…
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The Perfect Time for Healing – Br. Jack Crowley
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Br. Jack Crowley Luke 14:1-6 I once had a therapist tell me that there will never be a perfect time to heal. That quote has always stuck with me. There will never be a perfect time to heal. On one hand, it’s kind of a sad quote. It implies that if we keep waiting for the circumstances of our life to be perfect in order to heal, then we will spend t…
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