Looking for the Fig Tree
Many messages are produced every day about the end of times. And those end times always seem to be just around the corner, don’t they? Read your morning newspaper, watch…
A Different Kind of King
So the holidays have officially arrived. With all the hustle and bustle of peppermint mocha laced shopping sprees, or tryptophan induced binge sessions of football. And each year thrown into…
Revealing the Nearness of the Kingdom
The Little Apocalypse This Sunday’s Gospel reading from Mark (Mark 13:1-8) is called the Little Apocalypse. Don’t let that scare you though. The word apocalypse usually brings up images for…
Giving without Expectation
What does it look like to give without asking for anything in return? We might know people who can live this out, but it sure isn’t easy. As disciples of…
The Resurrected Life
More than a Possibility One of the oddest things about being a Christian is that we confess that we believe in the resurrection of the dead. That isn’t a confession…
Some Assembly Required
When I think about Jeremiah preaching in the wilderness (Jeremiah 31:7-9), I think about Luther rediscovering the radical simplicity of the good news of Jesus Christ, and then I look…
The Servant and The Cross
Why did Jesus have to die? The first story of our sermon series on BELONGING weeks ago welcomed us into some private teaching between Jesus and his disciples. It was…
Sacred Relationships
From an Idea to a Mission In February, a woman asked about creating a quilting ministry here at Good Shepherd- with the idea that the quilts would go to Lutheran…
We Joyfully Belong
Mark 9:38-50 is all about how we treat those who belong to Jesus. Jesus’ teaching begins when his disciples observe a person – outside their own group – doing something…
Raw & Un-Filtered Jesus
Water can be a powerful, powerful force… One of the Brosious family’s most treasured physical possessions is a gorgeous Beckwith cross-cut oak stand up piano. It came from Chicago to…