Jul 12, 2024 | Season after Pentecost 2024, Worship
Welcome to Lutheran Church of the Master for the 8th Sunday after Pentecost! When Amos reports his vision of God judging Israel for its mistreatment of the poor, he becomes a threat to the power of the priests and the king. John the Baptist also speaks truth to power,...
Jul 2, 2024 | Season after Pentecost 2024, Worship
Welcome to Lutheran Church of the Master for the 7th Sunday after Pentecost! Jesus does great deeds of power and gives his disciples authority over demons. Yet none of this power is unilateral; it all must be received by faith. Jesus asks his disciples to go out...
Jun 27, 2024 | Season after Pentecost 2024, Worship
Welcome to Lutheran Church of the Master for the 6th Sunday after Pentecost! A woman finds healing by touching Jesus’ cloak, and a girl is restored to life when he takes her by the hand. In both cases a boundary is crossed: in Jesus’ time the hemorrhaging woman was...
Jun 20, 2024 | Season after Pentecost 2024, Worship
Welcome to Lutheran Church of the Master for the 5th Sunday after Pentecost! Now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation! Now we are in the storm, the boat almost swamped; but Jesus is here now, and when we call him, he will calm the storm. Even the wind...
Jun 10, 2024 | Season after Pentecost 2024, Worship
Welcome to Lutheran Church of the Master for the 4th Sunday after Pentecost! The mustard seed becomes a great shrub that shelters the birds, recalling ancient images of the tree of life. We’d expect a cedar or a sequoia, but Jesus finds the power of God better imaged...
Jun 6, 2024 | Season after Pentecost 2024, Worship
Welcome to Lutheran Church of the Master for the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost! A house divided against itself cannot stand. Jesus makes this observation in light of charges that he is possessed. He is possessed, not by a demon, but by the Holy Spirit. We who have...
