Genesis 45:3-11, 15 In last Sunday’s message, I mentioned learning about one of the readings by translating it from Hebrew—in a class with a fairly demanding professor. Today I’m going to focus on a different Old Testament passage, the story of which we students also translated from the original language, although in a Read more…
Luke 6:17-26; Psalm 1; Jeremiah 17:5-10 02/17/19 My early adulthood—while I was still single—seemed all in all to be rather simple. When Deborah and I became engaged and got married, life became more complex. When we began having children, life became even more complex. I expect it has been the Read more…
February 10, 2019 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Isaiah 6: 1-8 (9-13); Luke 5:1-11 A common theme runs through today’s readings. And that is the theme of receiving a call from God. In each reading, the call is, if anything, remarkable—vivid, even terrifying. In the first reading, in the Book of Isaiah, Read more…
Luke 4:21-30 This morning we’ll begin with a personal story as told by David Lose. Growing up in a parsonage—somewhere in Lancaster County, I think—he taught a number of years at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, and then became president of the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. Now he Read more…