Easter 2 | 7 Apr. 2024 | John 20.19-31 | Richard O. Johnson | When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, „Peace be…
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Last Sunday after the Epiphany | February 11, 2024 | Mark 9.2-9 | Richard O. Johnson | Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could…
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New Year’s Eve | 31.12.2023 | John 3:1-17 | Richard O. Johnson | There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that…
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Christ the King | 26 November 2023 | Matthew 25.31-46 | Richard O. Johnson | Jesus said, “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people…
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20th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 23) | 15 Oct. 2023 | Matthew 22.1-14 | Richard O. Johnson | Once more Jesus spoke to the people in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his slaves to call those who had…
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Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 16) | 27 Aug. 2023 | Matthew 16.13-20 | Richard O. Johnson | When Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others…
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6th Sunday after Pentecost [Proper 9] | 9 July 2023 | Rom 7.15-25a, Mt 11.16-19, 25-30 | Richard O. Johnson | I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that…
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Easter 7 | 5/21/2023 | Acts 1.6-14 | Richard O. Johnson | When the apostles had come together, they asked Jesus, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?” He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own…
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Easter Day | April 09, 2023 | Matthew 28.1-10 | Richard O. Johnson | After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled…
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Lent 3 | March 12, 2023 | Romans 5.1-11; John 4.5-42 | Richard O. Johnson | Jesus came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about…
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Epiphany 4 | 01/29/23 | Mt 5.1-12 | Pr. Richard O. Johnson | Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they…
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Christmas Eve | 24.12.2022 | Luke 2.1-20 | Richard O. Johnson | In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went…
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23rd Sunday a. Pentecost (Proper 28) | Mal 4.1-2a;Ps 98;2Thess 3.6-13;Lk 21.5-19 | Richard O. Johnson | 5 And while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said, 6 “As for these things that you see, the days will come when there will not be left here one stone upon…
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Pentecost 16 | September 25, 2022 | Lk 16.19-31; 1 Timothy 6.6-9 | Richard O. Johnson | Jesus said, “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to satisfy his…
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9th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 14) | 07.08.2022 | Text: Luke 12.32-40; Hebrews 11.1-3, 8-16 | Richard Johnson | Jesus said to his disciples, „Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not…
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3rd Sunday after Pentecost | 26 June 2022 | Luke 9.51-62 | Richard Johnson | When the days drew near for Jesus to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of him. On their way they entered a village of the Samaritans to make ready for…
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Easter 5 | 15.05.2022 | Revelation 21.1-6 | Richard Johnson | I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a…
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Maundy Thursday 2022 | John 13.1-17, 31b-35 | May 14, 2022 | Pastor Richard Johnson | Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end….
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Ash Wednesday 2022 | Mt 6.1-6, 16-21 | by Richard O. Johnson | Jesus said, „Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites…
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Epiphany 2, 2021| John 2.1-12 | by Richard Johnson | 2 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus…
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Advent 2 2021 | Luke 3.1-6 | by Richard O. Johnson | In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, during the high…
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22nd Sunday after Pentecost | 24.10.21 | Mark 10.46-52 | Richard O. Johnson | And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out…
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15th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 18 | Mark 7.24-37 | Richard O. Johnson | Jesus set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately…
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8th Sunday after Pentecost /Proper 11 | 18 July 2021 | Text: Mark 6.30-34 | by Richard O. Johnson | The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” For many were…
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30 May 2021 | John 3.1-17 | Richard O. Johnson | There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you…
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A sermon on Titus 2.11-14 | by Richard O. Johnson | For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly, while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the…
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Pentecost 24 [Proper 28] 15 Nov. 2020 | Matthew 25.14-30 | by Richard O. Johnson | Text: Matthew 25.14-30 Jesus said, “It is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according…
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Pentecost 17 [Proper 21] September 27, 2020 | Matthew 21.23-32 | by Richard O. Johnson | When Jesus entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” Jesus said…
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Tenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 14 – 9 August 2020 | Matthew 14.22-33 | Richard O. Johnson | 22 Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening…
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Pentecost 5 – Proper 9 July 5, 2020 | Romans 7.15-25a | Pastor Richard O. Johnson | I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good….
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