“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”  These opening words from Psalm 22 are no doubt familiar to us from when quoted by Christ as He was on the cross paying the penalty of human sin.  The psalmist David paints a detailed image of the suffering that about one thousand years later would occur in…

Psalm 26 begins with, “Judge me, O Lord…”   What a stunning request!  It is so scary that I initially just stopped reading at the first verse.  I am not eager to face God’s judgment because the outcome of this “trial” has the eternal consequences of heaven or hell.  So Lord, if you don’t mind, let’s…

Transfiguration this coming Sunday marks the end of the Epiphany season, which will be replaced starting on the Wednesday after (Feb 14) by Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. During this seasonal change we will be taking the opportunity to hear from “the Body”, the people connected to University Lutheran, instead of from Pastor…