Sunday, March 26, 2023 – Lent 5
Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45 The Rev. Drew Brislin As I have been making my way through this Lenten season, I have had this question that has been continually popping up in my head. It is rooted in part in my Baptist roots, roots that often called me to proclaim Jesus as my […]
Sunday, March 12, 2023 – Lent 3
Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 95 Romans 5:1-11; John 4:5-42 The Rev. Drew Brislin As we continue in this season of Lent, this season of preparation, we continue to learn more deeply about who Jesus is not just in terms of relationships but also in relationship to what it is he is doing in the world to transform […]
Sunday, February 12, 2023 – 6 Epiphany
Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Psalm 119:1-8 I Corinthians 3:1-9; Matthew 5:21-37 The Rev. Drew Brislin Whenever I think back on my experiences in scouting, I am inevitably drawn back to the many friendships made during those formative years of my youth. Those friendships were forged in the many communal activities in which we participated which included though not […]
Sunday, January 29, 2023 – 4 Epiphany
Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 15 I Corinthians 1:18-31; Matthew 5:1-12 The Rev. Drew Brislin There is a quote from The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that comes from an interview he gave just months before his assassination in which he says, “It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, […]
Sunday, December 11, 2022 – 3rd Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 35:1-10; Psalm 146:4-9; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 The Rev. Drew Brislin “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” John asks this question in our reading this morning. It’s no surprise John has doubt. After all he’s sitting in prison at this point in the Gospel narrative. […]
Sunday, November 20, 2022 – Christ the King
Jeremiah 23:1-6; Canticle 16; Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-43 The Rev. Drew Brislin Why is it that we get this particular reading in our lectionary this morning? Why on this Christ the King Sunday, a day in which we celebrate the kingly nature of our Lord’s life, do we get the account of his crucifixion and death? […]
Sunday, October 30, 2022 – 20th Sunday of Pentecost
Habakkuk 1:1-4,2:1-4; Psalm 119:137-144; 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4,11-12; Luke 19:1-10 The Rev. Drew Brislin It is a busy season in the life of the church right now. As the season of Advent and preparation approaches in a few short weeks, the church is currently in a season of reflection. Today many of our Lutheran brothers and […]
Sunday, October 23, 2022 – Nineteenth Sunday of Pentecost
Joel 2:23-34; Psalm 65; 2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18; Luke 18:9-14 The Rev. Drew Brislin As the beloved creations of God made in his image, we are by nature naturally drawn to relationship with our Creator. Likewise, as beings created in the Father’s image, we are naturally drawn into relationship with one another. Sadly, though our humanity creeps […]
Sunday, October 9, 2022 – Eighteenth Sunday of Pentecost
Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7; Psalm 66:1-11; 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-19 The Rev. Drew Brislin I have shared with many of you that I lost my mother to pancreatic cancer. This time of the year always stirs the heart and the memories as the anniversary of her death approaches in late November. Many of you have experienced […]
September 25, 2022: Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Jeremiah 32:1-3a,6-15; Psalm 91:1-6,14-16; 1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31 The Rev. Drew Brislin I have shared with some of you that my nickname in high school and well pretty much ever since has been “Bruiser.” As much as I would like to say it was earned as a result of my tenacity on the gridiron, […]