Tag Archives: Jesus

Reimagining God: A Modern Perspective

What an honour to be the interim pastor of the oldest Lutheran congregation in the country, a place where the gospel has been preached for over two centuries. But perhaps that gospel doesn’t feel relevant to you. And I understand! It seems so out of step with the modern world. I certainly found that inContinue reading “Reimagining God: A Modern Perspective”

Worship for January 28, 2024

Peace to all of you in this cold end of January (at least in Nova Scotia!). Below are the prayers and reflections we made use of for our services this last Sunday in the Lunenburg Parish These are offered to you as an invitation to join your prayers with ours as we trust the promiseContinue reading “Worship for January 28, 2024”

Worship for January 7, 2024

Happy New Year everyone! Below is a link to the prayers, Bible readings and sermon which were used in the Lunenburg Lutheran Parish on this day. Today we remembered the Epiphany, the story from Matthew’s Gospel of the visit to the child Jesus and his family by the Magi (usually called the “wise men”). It seemsContinue reading “Worship for January 7, 2024”

The Festival of the Epiphany

Happy New Year, everybody! January 6th is the day we remember the visit of the Magi, or scholars, to Jesus and his mother. We call this The Epiphany (a word which means “light”). One way that some of us do this remembering is through what we call “Chalking the Door.” The video below will showContinue reading “The Festival of the Epiphany”

Worship in Interesting Times

At the beginning of this year, we thought the big news story of 2020 was going to be the election campaign in the U.S. Then it was going to be the uncontrolled wildfires burning in Australia. Then it was going to be Covid-19. Then it was going to be “murder hornets.” Now it’s the murderContinue reading “Worship in Interesting Times”