Texts: Luke 13:10-17, Isaiah 58:9-14 Grace, Peace, and Mercy from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. I think many of us could relate a little bit to the situation of the woman that Jesus heals in this passage today, when we need to be uncurved from ourselves physically and spiritually and made upright and free […]

Texts: Luke 12:49-56, Hebrews 11:29-12:2, Jeremiah 23:23-29 Grace, Peace, and Mercy from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The Swiss Protestant theologian Karl Barth, reflecting on how even after the harrowing experiences of the Second World War, in itself an experience of disillusionment about humanity’s civilizational progress, that even after that humanity was still preparing […]

Texts: Luke 12:32-40, Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 Grace, Peace, and Mercy from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Christianity is full of fun and quirky lore. In the olden days, around the desert lands of Egypt, there existed a group of men and women who left everything to follow Christ. People of all social realms felt […]