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Cultivated for Growth – Corinth

We’re continuing a sort of Bible study series of the first part of 1 Corinthians which serve as the Epistle readings during the season of Epiphany. Since I’m not really preaching specifically on these texts, I figured that the newsletter was a great place to engage with them. Today we’re looking at 1 Corinthians 3:1-9.…

The Source – Corinth

We are continuing a study on the readings from 1 Corinthians during Epiphany season. Today we look at this upcoming week’s reading from 1 Corinthians 2:1-12. A Pivot After Failure? – Paul starts off chapter 2 by reminiscing about his time in Corinth. Acts 18 tells us that Paul went to Corinth directly after having…

The Cross – Corinth

We’re continuing a sort of online Bible study of the readings from 1 Corinthians during Epiphany. Today we are looking at this week’s upcoming reading, 1 Corinthians 1:18-31. Deja vu All Over Again – We begin this week’s reading with a line from last week’s reading – verse 18, which reads, “For the word of…

Divisions – Corinth

Today we are taking a look at what is happening in 1 Corinthians 1:10-18, the epistle reading for this coming Sunday. Throughout Epiphany we are reading through the early parts of 1 Corinthians, but the sermons focus largely on the Gospel texts, so we’re addressing the epistle text here.  Chloe’s Tattletales – Paul mentions that…

Corinth

Welcome to the season of Epiphany! This week we are starting a period of time when we will be reading through a book of the Bible in our Sunday lectionary lessons. That book is Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. I won’t be using the Corinthians readings as the primary texts for my sermons, but…

An Aquarium in St. Louis

I recently got back from visiting my family in St. Louis, MO. One of the attractions that we went to see is the new St. Louis Aquarium (which a cousin of mine was a project manager for, pretty cool). The St. Louis Aquarium was housed in St. Louis’ Union Station. Union Station started off as…

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

I’m a planner. Routinely, the top strength on my StrengthsFinder list is “strategic”. I’m interested in goals and plans and anticipated challenges. And so while the rest of you are experiencing the let down of another Christmas gone past (sort of, I mean, it really goes on until January 6 if you want to keep…

Christmas Traditions

It makes sense that Henry gave me a clipping out the newspaper this past Sunday that was proclaiming a “12 days of Christmas” sale, except for the fact that it was the 12 days leading up to Christmas, not the traditional “day of Christmas and the 11 days after to Epiphany.” It also makes sense…

Advent Facts

We’re in the season of Advent, which is one of those churchy things that has the possibility of being confusing (like standing on certain verses of songs that have mysterious triangles beside them). Here are a few brief facts for your Advent: The name “Advent” is a shortening of the Latin word “adventus” which means…

Follow Me – This Year’s Annual Focus

“While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Matthew 4 Since 2015, University Lutheran has adopted what we…