Text: Mark 6:1-13 Theme: “Rejection meets more Grace” ___________________________ Intr – Imagine a small-town bakery run by a kind and patient baker named Alice. One day, a new customer named Mark comes in and loudly complains about the quality of the pastries, claiming they’re not fresh and taste terrible. Despite...
“On board through the storm”, Mark 4:35-41/ June 23rd, 2024 / 6th Sunday after Pentecost / Hope Lutheran Church, Rev. Lucas Andre Albrecht
July 26, 2024UncategorizedText: Mark 4:35-41 Theme: On board through the storm ___________________________ Intr – One night when my son was already in bed a thunderstorm broke out. After a very loud thunder, I heard him crying, and I went to his room to be with him and bring him comfort. He asked...
“We are of good courage”, 2 Corinthians 5:1-10, Mark 4:26-34 / June 16th, 2024 / 5th Sunday after Pentecost / Hope Lutheran Church, Rev. Lucas Andre Albrecht
June 18, 2024UncategorizedText: 2 Corinthians 5:1-10; Mark 4 Theme: “We are of good courage” ___________________________ Intr – What type of people are we? Gardeners or carpenters? I came across these metaphors from an interview with psychologist Alison Gopnik at the University of California, Berkeley, talkin about her book “The Gardener and the...
“Our hearts are His”, 2 Corinthians 4, Mark 4 / June 9th, 2024 / 4th Sunday after Pentecost / Hope Lutheran Church, Rev. Lucas Andre Albrecht
June 11, 2024UncategorizedText: 2 Corinthians 4:5-5.1; Mark 3 Theme: “Our hearts are His” ___________________________ Intr – Two friends were chatting at the cafeteria, and one friend told the other how sometimes people would make her feel completely discouraged, devalued, with no desire to carry on.| “When I hear comments that tell me...
“Hear, o my people”, Psalm 81 / June 2nd, 2024 / Confirmation Sunday, 3rd after Pentecost / Hope Lutheran Church, Rev. Lucas Andre Albrecht
June 5, 2024UncategorizedText: Psalm 81:1-10 Theme: “Hear, O my people, while I admonish/testify/warn you!” (v.8) ___________________________ Intr – We read together Psalm 81 today, and even though it is the psalm assigned for this Sunday with or without confirmation, it seems fitting for our special day today. The psalmist writes: “Sing aloud to...