Sermons from 2024
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
When I was in seminary I took a course that was just “Preaching the Gospel of John” because while John is my favorite gospel writer, by a wide margin, he’s also the one that confuses me the most and the thought of needing to preach him intimidated me. Because like…John will say all of these words and…it’s not even like they’re words I don’t know! The sentences themselves will make perfect sense to me, but I still often will feel like something is happening in the passage that I am just not getting…
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Today we find ourselves in John chapter 6. We will stay in John’s gospel for the rest of the summer except for the Feast of Mary Mother of Our Lord in a few weeks. After that, we will get back to Mark’s gospel which is the focal gospel for this liturgical year…
The Feast of Mary Magdalene
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Rev. Jason S. Glombicki July 21, 2024 Today, we celebrate the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene. She is probably one of the most misunderstood saints and biblical characters. Part of the confusion stems from the fact that she has been reinvented and rebranded century after century. For some centuries she was seen as the embodiment of Christian repentance. Other times she was called a prostitute. She was branded as everything from a mystic to a celibate…