The Gospel According to Luke
I have to be honest, at first I think it’s hard to see the “good news” that is being proclaimed by John in our gospel today. And I think it’s partly because John is so direct about how he addresses …
Christmas Eve B2023Luke 2:1-20 Poet Robert Hayden writes in his poem “Those Winter Sundays”: Sundays too my father got up earlyand put his clothes on in the blueblack cold,then with cracked hands that achedfrom labor in the weekday weather madebanked …
Advent 4B2023Luke 1:26-38 In 1998, with both me and my sister in college, my parents opened themselves up to the possibility of a new call for my dad who was serving as an ELCA pastor in a small town in …
Easter 3A2023 Luke 24:13-35 For decades, whenever I have read this “Walk to Emmaus” gospel story, all I can think is: Jesus is a stranger. Cleopas and his unnamed friend, followers of Jesus, are walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus on …
Christmas Eve C2022 Luke 2:1-20 Tonight, I’m in awe of the shepherds. While to us Mary and Joseph are the shining stars of the Christmas play, a young couple who have been immortalized in countless pieces of art, played by …