God has planted a garden, expecting justice, but finds bloodshed instead (Isaiah 5). The lessons from the Hebrew Scriptures and the Gospel of Matthew today
God’s work. Our hands. Sunday is an opportunity to share who we are as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – one church, freed in
Matthew narrates one of Jesus’ controversial parables in which Jesus says that the reign of God is like that of a landowner who pays his
Sunday’s scriptures remind us that being a disciple requires forgiveness, fearlessness, and boldness. Paul often wrote to fledgling churches to offer thanksgiving, encouragement, and further teaching.
Jesus’ summary of the law in today’s gospel echoes God’s commands from the beginning of time. We are called not only to love God with
In this Sunday’s scriptures, the prophet Jeremiah speaks of the incurable wound of his suffering yet finds in God’s words the delight of his heart.
This Sunday’s scriptures, give us some of the “building blocks” of faith. In our Old Testament reading from Isaiah, the people are advised to look
In Isaiah we hear that God’s house shall be a house of prayer for all people and that God will gather the outcasts of Israel.
Elijah finds the presence of God not in earthquake, wind, or fire, but in the sound of sheer silence (1 Kings 19). When the disciples
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