Intern Pastor Aneeta Saroop Lutheran Church of the Cross Isaiah 49:1-7; 1 Corinthians 1:1-9; Psalm 40:1-11; John 1:29-42 Let us pray: God, may these words proclaimed and our meditations pondered be blessed in your sight for the sake of your light in the world, Jesus the Christ, Our … [Read more…]
Rev. Lyle McKenzie Lutheran Church of the Cross of Victoria Isaiah 52:7-10; Psalm 98, Hebrews 1:1-12, John 1:1-14 I have been carrying around a song in my head for some time. I first heard it in the summer, on a greatest hits album by Tracy Chapman. “Save Us All” … [Read more…]
Intern Pastor Aneeta Saroop Lutheran Church of the Cross Isaiah 9:2-7; Luke 2:1-14 (15-20) We pray together: O God as the radiance of your presence lights up the heavens, we pray that you bless these words and enlighten our hearts for the sake of your love for this world. Amen. … [Read more…]
Rev. Lyle McKenzie Lutheran Church of the Cross of Victoria Isaiah 7:10-16; Psalm 80:1-7,17-19; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25 Christmas comes quickly every year. But this Advent, reading from the Gospel of Matthew, it arrives a full week early. We heard what the first sentence of the Gospel reading said: “Now the birth of … [Read more…]
Intern Pastor Aneeta Saroop Lutheran Church of the Cross Isaiah 35:1-10; Luke 1:46b-55; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 At the Crossroads…in this third Sunday of Advent, God prepares the way as we wrestle with Holy Questions, and prophetic words of revolution. Together with our brokenness, our endurance … [Read more…]
The First Sunday of Advent – Pastor Lyle McKenzie preaching
Sermon from Reformation Sunday Bishop Logan McMenamie preaching
September 4, 2016 Intern Pastor Aneeta Saroop Lutheran Church of the Cross Jeremiah 18:1-11; Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18; Philemon 1-21; Luke 14:25-33 At the Crossroads: Do we imagine “carrying the cross” and following Jesus in discipleship to be an act of life or one of death? As Jesus continues towards Jerusalem, releasing the burdens of the … [Read more…]
May 22, 2016 Rev. Lyle McKenzie Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15; I chose to use the feminine pronoun for the Gospel reading, because of the connection to the reading from Proverbs and its image of Wisdom as a woman, created by God from the beginning, “delighting” and “rejoicing” with God in … [Read more…]
May 15, 2016 Intern Pastor Aneeta Saroop Acts 2:1-21, Ps. 104:24-34, 35b, Romans 8:14-17, John 14:8-17 Let us pray: God send your Sprit to move among us, stirring our hearts in the hearing of your Word; that we might yearn to know you in us, and love you in one another, for the sake of … [Read more…]