Forfatteren bag Narniabøgerne, C. S. Lewis, udtalte engang, at Jesus med, hvad han påstod – at være Guds søn – kunne være en af tre ting: Enten kunne han være …
Once again, we are celebrating a major holiday together here in church. What joy. Last major holiday was Easter. Were you there as well? You might reconsider how you just …
Den danske forfatter, Villy Sørensen, udtale engang: ”Der er liv i døden og død i livet, og måske mest liv i livet, hvis døden er med i det.” Citatet passer …
vulnerability and our mortality. Exposed to the terrors of the world we forget Gods covenant and do what I believe feels more natural to us: We fear. And with good …
Kender I det, når man har inviteret ti venner – måske sågar 20 eller 30 – til en fest af en eller anden art, og så der kun er én …
Dear Terry Fox, On this day you and your legacy is celebrated – not only here in Canada, but worldwide. And for the first time we specifically celebrate you here …
The Pharisee and the Publican. Two persons. Two ways of going into the temple to pray. Two approaches to faith: One good, the other not just self-centred, but maybe not …
Lay Service Sermon 24 Aug 2025 Guard Your Heart Against Idols and Look to the Living God Welcome to the 10th Sunday after Trinity in Ordinary Time. While the word …
May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. (Psalms 19:14) Please be seated. So …
Hvad har Zakæus og Robin Hood tilfældes? Dem af jer, der læser min ugentlige nyhedsemail vil vide, at det spørgsmål er, hvad jeg vil tale om i dag. For da …
“But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, …
“Suzanne takes you down to a place by the river.” Sådan starter en af Leonard Cohens allerførste sang, Suzanne, som udkom i 1967. Suzanne er en fantastisk sang – eller …
Third Reading: Luke 15:1-10 1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to [Jesus.] 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow …
Luke 14:16-24 16Then Jesusa said to him, ‘Someone gave a great dinner and invited many. 17At the time for the dinner he sent his slave to say to those who …
Nikodemus bliver af mange kaldt den tvivlende akademiker. Akademiker fordi det siges om ham, at han er medlem af jødernes råd. Tvivler fordi han har så svært ved at forstå, …
(Biblical basis: Acts 2:1-11) Even though I grew up on the farm and spent a lot of time in our large gardens planting and hoeing the rows of potatoes and …
Til gudstjenesten i dag har jeg som præst den fantastiske luksus at kunne vælge mellem to tekster som epistellæsning. Som mange af jer jo nok godt ved, så vælger jeg …
Gospel Lesson: John 16:16-22 Jesus present, and Jesus absent. God with us, and … well, just where is God?! It’s easy for us to appreciate the disciples’ confusion. Jesus’ speech …
I remember how I – when I was a child visited my grandmother and grandfather – would sometimes sit for hours in the upstairs room staring out of the window. …
Can the Gospel be any more physical than as it got to Thomas in today’s Gospel Reading? I think not. It is almost hard for me to read because of …
As I prepared for today’s service, I figured I wanted to include something either North American or Danish. A movie or a novel, a poem or a comic. Something about …
Do you all know the story of Oedipus? If not, in short, the Greek tragedy goes like this: Oedipus was born to King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes. An …
»Se, jeg er Herrens tjenerinde. Lad det ske mig efter dit ord!« Udover Jesus, er Maria nok den mest dyrkede og afbillede menneskeskikkelse, som optræder i Bibelen. Og med god …
Many of us probably know the story of Jesus catering a crowd as they found themselves without food in a kind of waste land. It is a good story. Or …
Denne søndag befinder vi os i evangeliernes epicenter. Vidste I det? Sådan er det i hvert fald, hvis man læser beretningen om den kana’anæiske kvinde, som den står skrevet i …
I had a thought reading the Gospel of today this year that I have never had before reading the text: What a relief. What a relief to be in the …
In my sermon upon today’s Gospel Reading that I held two years ago, I said that I loved the parable because of its very easy-to-understand description and explanation of four …
For mig er og bliver dagens evangelietekst en af de lignelser, der beskriver Guds uretfærdige retfærdighed på den allerbedste måde. Vi forstår det virkelig i lignelsen. Vi kan sætte os …
Matthew 17:1-9 – Beyond the Extreme Makeover Part A: Warm-up 1. Have you ever undertaken a radical renovation of a home? There are TV shows about this, with names like …
Job 38:1-18, 31-33; Matthew 8:23-27 In today’s gospel reading, Jesus’ disciples say two things: “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” And, “What sort of man is this, that even the …
Matthew 8:1-13 When Jesus had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him; and there was a leper who came to him and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, if …
At inddrage et billede i en prædiken kan for mange virke som noget nyt. Helt anderledes for min stil er det dog ikke. Som mange af jer nok godt ved, …
In today’s Readings we are presented for one of the many changes that the new covenant God made with us through his son, Jesus Christ, meant for us. In the …
På en måde er nytår jo i virkeligheden som alle andre dage. En dag starter og en dag slutter, og egentlig kunne man jo placere nytåret, hvor man ville. Noget …
The readings for today are all about giving names. In the first reading, God tells Abram the following: “I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless …
I løbet af december har jeg holdt et hav af prædikener. Opsummerende for alle sammen tror jeg, man kan sige, at jeg har forsøgt at sætte ord på, hvad julefreden …
First Sunday After Christmas, 29 December 2024: Luke 25-40 –- “Movie Review” Here we are, on the First Sunday of Christmas. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (the Nativity of Our …
Throughout this December we have had several events in the church that have made me ponder upon our various traditions: How they have come to be, why we have kept …
›Se, jeg sender min engel foran dig, han skal bane din vej for dig.‹ At en helt har en hjælper. Det er et klassisk kendetegn ved mange eventyr. For en …
Tag lysets rustning på. Gør jer klar. Varm stemmerne op til Hosianna råb. For vores himmelske konge er os nær. Det er i al sin enkelthed dagens budskab på denne …
“… We will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye…” So said the Epistle Reading for today. What a brilliant sentence. It describes – at …
The theme of today’s readings is that our earthly lives – our lives where we dwell in bodies – are not eternal. We all must die. But one day eternity …
De sidste tider er et både spændende og problematisk emne at snakke om. Det er spændende, fordi det er noget, der vedrører os alle. Det er dog også problematisk, fordi …
In today’s Gospel Reading we are presented with not just one – but two – parables making the reading rather comprehensive. Both are about vineyards, both are told in the …
15. september 2024 ”Herre, du ransager mig og kender mig. Du ved, om jeg sidder eller står… du [er] klar over min tanke; du har rede på, om jeg går …
I must be honest with you. I have never really liked the Gospel Reading for today. The reading about Mary and Martha who received a visit from Jesus. And despite …
Som evangelietekst til i dag hørte vi den ikoniske tekst om en mand, der var syg, og som havde ligget ved en helt særlig sø hele 38 år. For søen …
Coming back from holiday is not always easy. You never know just how busy it is going to get. Luckily, as a pastor, you can prepare yourself a little. I …
In today’s Gospel Reading we are told a rather special parable. It is special, because whereas one of the main characters in many of the ‘normal’ parables is God, in …
Selvom det ikke foregår her i landet, så ved vi alle sammen godt, at der sker en masse syd for grænsen. Der er valgkamp. Valget er ganske vist først til …
Have you all heard about ‘The Greater Fool Theory’? It is quite a simple theory. A person does something that at first seems to be rather foolish. Yet the person …
De ti bud. Det var den gammeltestamentlige tekst til i dag. Var der nogle af jer, der talte efter? Det håber jeg næsten ikke. Og så alligevel. Noget af det …
’Lignelsen om den fortabte søn’ er og bliver bare en af mine yndlings-tekster. Teksten er næsten 2.000 år gammel, men alligevel er og bliver den bare sindssyg aktuel. Og så …
“Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters… cannot be my disciple.” Of course, this is the sentence that makes todays …
Pinse. Kirkens tredje højtid. Nok den mindste af de tre – jul, påske, pinse – men ingenlunde uvæsentlig. I dag fejrer vi Helligåndens komme til os mennesker. Af mange kaldes …
As I said in the beginning of today’s service, during the last couple of Sundays, we have listened to some philosophical readings about how Jesus remains with us despite his …
Today’s biblical readings is not the easiest to understand, and the reason for that is quite simple: In none of the three readings we find any kind of narrative. There …
Almost exactly a year ago I held a sermon where I related the gospel to the story “Mio, min Mio” – or in English “Mio my son” – written by …
’Jeg er vejen og sandheden og livet’. Hver gang jeg læser dette bibelcitat, så kommer jeg til at tænke på min bedstefar. Noget, jeg gør, pga. et helt særligt minde, …
Last time I attended our Bible Study group, we had a very good discussion about various ways of being religious. I talked about the studies of a psychologist of religion, …
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