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Invocabit – First Sunday in Lent 2018
Matthew 4:1-11 February 18, 2018 The water had not dried from our Lord’s head after His baptism, before He was propelled into the desert. As the water of the Jordan snaked behind Him, an ancient...
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Reminiscere – Second Sunday in Lent 2018
Matthew 15:21-28 February 25, 2018 It seems unjust, doesn’t it? The way Jesus treats this poor woman in the Gospel today? And I bet there are a lot of other things in this world you find unjust. Why...
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Oculi (Lent 3) Sermon 2018
The war is over, and we have lost. That’s an important part of Rod Dreher’s argument in one of the most significant books of the last few years, The Benedict Option. The war is over, and we have lost....
View ArticleThe Committal of Alyson Pauling
Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, VA March 22, 2018 Romans 8:15-21 Alyson was adopted. By Fred and Barbara, to be sure, but that’s not the adoption I mean. Alyson was adopted by God the Father when she...
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Sermon for Palm Sunday 2018
Immanuel Evangelical-Lutheran Church, Alexandria, Virginia March 25 A+D 2018 Philippians 2:5-11; St. Matthew 26-27 “I do not know the Man!” Those words of Peter, spoken in fear and cowardice,...
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Good Friday Passion Vespers 2018
They called me Dismas, although the people who had the misfortune of coming across me called me other names as well. Today people call me the “good thief,” but there was nothing good about me. I used...
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Good Friday Chief Service 2018
“Make us a king!” That was the demand of the ancient Jews to Samuel. “Make us a king!” they cried, “like all the nations.” Samuel was disgusted, but the LORD said, “They have not rejected you, but...
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Easter Vigil 2018
At the beginning of the Easter Vigil, Immanuel’s head Trustee, Tom Strickland, built a fire from which the new Paschal Candle was lit. Beloved sons and daughters of the king: This night is for...
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The Resurrection of Our Lord 2018
Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! “Why do you seek the living among the dead?” To the women at the tomb the angels spoke these words. They’re directed at you as well. “Why do...
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Misericordias Domini 2018
In the beginning, God impressed upon man His own character. “God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them” (Gen. 1:27). Not a physical form,...
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