“I am… I am in the Father… I am in the Father and the Father is in me… I am.” Today’s reading is telling of us the connection between Jesus …
At have Kristus som sin hyrde. At blive ledt an af Gud. Det er omdrejningspunktet i dagens tekster. Den skønne gammeltestamentlige salme, Herren er min hyrde, slår temaet an. Her …
“Feed my lambs… Take care of my sheep… Feed my sheep.” Sometimes things have to me mentioned more than once. Peter acknowledged that in today’s Gospel Reading where Jesus told …
Easter is all about proclaiming resurrection. Proclaiming eternal life. And because of that it is the main holiday in any Christian environment. The hope of eternity is what we believe …
As we meditate on Good Friday let us listen to three poems written in 1948 by the Danish poet Halfdan Rasmussen. Halfdan is most well-known for his humoristic poems. But …
Organizing a dinner seems rather easy if we solely listen to the Gospel Readings telling us of Maundy Thursday. Jesus arrives at a village outside Jerusalem. Asks his disciples to …
Luke 1:46b-55 Has Mary, the Mother of Jesus, been an important part of your faith? She was not a big part of my faith in my upbringing in my faithful …
Part A: Warm-up What’s your favourite kind of bread? White? Whole wheat? Sourdough? Do you like crusts, or do prefer the doughy part? What do you put on your bread? …
Hvad er det perfekte? Mennesket er skabt i en gudbilledlighed, som i mange tolkningstraditioner tolkes som, at mennesket er skabt perfekt. Men noget går galt. Den hyppigste tolkningstradition lader dette …
In his new book my former teacher, a professor in the New Testament, argues – as he has done before – that it is not without issues that we are …
“It grows”, the Kingdom of God, like a mustard seed. From sparse beginnings it will eventually unfold and become the greatest of all. This is the message of today’s Readings. …
“God will settle disputes for many people. Sword will be beaten into plowshares, spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for …
Det er ordet, der skaber. Sådan er det både i den gammel-testamentlige skabelsesberetning og i Johannesprologens beskrivelse af Jesus. Det er dog også noget, vi kender til fra vores egen …
Every year around the end of November I start to get a little stressed. As do most people I suppose. A Swedish tradition says that a proper household should make …
It is a lot easier to believe something is to good to be true, than it is to believe that something good can happen out of nowhere. Goodness is easier …
Matthæusevangeliets stadige fokus på dom – en dom der ofte synes at stå i kontrast til Guds tilgivelse – er noget der både gør, at jeg personligt ikke bryder mig …
I am not sure if I have ever told you this before, but the first service I ever conducted as a pastor was on the Last Sunday in the Church …
Du skal, du skal, du skal! Lovens imperativ, som vi sang om i dagens anden salme, er på en og samme tid både en gave og en byrde. Noget som …
Miracles various. That is for sure. They can either be very earthbound or not earthbound at all. I do not know if you recall a miracle, I read for you …
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” As we celebrate All Saints tonight with a lot of people mourning being present, I believe it will be worthwhile …
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 …
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