Texts: Isaiah 63:7-9 + Psalm 148 + Hebrews 2:10-18 + Matthew 2:13-23 I will admit that in earlier days as a preacher, I relished the opportunity to preach on this passage from Matthew, which is commonly referred to as “the slaughter of the holy innocents.” Such an unlikely candidate for preferential treatment, only arising every … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, January 1, 2017: First Sunday after Christmas Day
Author: Erik Christensen
Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in "Skevantson" (the unofficial overlap of Evanston and Skokie in Chicago's North Shore).
Sermon: Saturday, December 24, 2016: Nativity of Our Lord – Christmas Eve
Instead of fussing over how it really happened that first Noel, we might ask ourselves why we are drawn to telling a version in which the family is turned away, time after time.
Sermon: Sunday, December 18, 2016: Fourth Sunday of Advent
Tell me, dreamers, who will you claim as members of your family? How will our witness as the body of Christ, the products of a gloriously mixed lineage, interrupt the stories told by those in power? How will we unveil the truth that we all belong to each other? What worlds will be saved by the lives you spare?


