April 9, 2020
Grace to you in Jesus’ name. Amen. Tonight, there’s blood all over the place. It is in in our liturgy, hymns, and Scripture Readings. You need to look under all this blood by hearing the Word of God to find that there is more there than meets the eye. Our Old Testament Reading sets the… Read More »
April 5, 2020
Grace, peace, and God’s great mercy I pray would be yours in Jesus’ holy name. Amen. In the Bible the number ‘40’ has meaning. It appears many times, always around a time of testing or a time of preparation. It never ends there. It’s not supposed to. In the Bible you have: Jesus is in… Read More »
April 1, 2020
Grace, peace and mercy be yours in Jesus’ name. Amen. Worldly eyes is the title of this message. That can have two meanings and tonight we mean both. “Worldly” can mean “having a lot of practical experience in life.” It can also mean “being of the world rather than of God.” In our Passion Reading… Read More »
March 29, 2020
God has brought the nations of the world to Austin, MN. How can we not go and tell all nations when they are right outside our door step?!
March 25, 2020
Grace to you, and peace, In Jesus’ holy name. Amen. “If looks could kill.” Can you picture eyes filled with rage? In the ancient world, and still today in some cultures, the “evil eye” is a glance that is thought to cause harm to the recipient. That’s how I envision the eyes of the Temple… Read More »
March 22, 2020
I bring you grace, peace, mercy and care from our holy living triune God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. We at St. John’s are going through some challenges. We, like the rest of the planet, are working through the Coronavirus challenge. Beginning with the end of September, on Rosh Hashana (the Jewish Old… Read More »
March 18, 2020
Grace to you, and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. Two weeks ago, we looked at and through Judas’ betraying eyes and recognized our own betrayals of our Lord. Last week we saw the disciples’ sleepy eyes in the Garden of Gethsemane and identified the times we have fallen asleep in doing our Christian duty. This… Read More »
March 15, 2020
Grace to you, and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. The account of Jesus on the night when He was betrayed has always intrigued me. I wonder what the bread smelled like, what the lamb smelled like. I wonder how the conversation went. What was it really like when Jesus, in the middle of the conversation,… Read More »
March 12, 2020
Grace to you and peace in Jesus’ name. Amen. Have ever had an experience of being so tired that you can’t fight the fatigue and you drift off to slumber. We can all probably identify with Peter, James, and John as they gave in to exhaustion in Gethsemane, while Jesus watched and prayed to His… Read More »
