Sermons by Rev. Jason S. Glombicki
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Rev. Jason S. Glombicki August 30, 2026 In last week’s gospel, Jesus asked, “Who do you say that I am?” and Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” In response, Jesus praised him saying: “on this rock I will build my church.” And in today’s reading, only about five verses later, Peter heard Jesus say, “get behind me, Satan.” That was one whiplash of an afternoon for Peter. But really, who…
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Rev. Jason S. Glombicki August 9, 2026 Today feels a little bit like Lent. Of course, it is not the Lenten season. After all, Charlotte was baptized, we sang the Alleluia, and we’re decked out in green. And yet, today’s gospel feels like Lent because it reveals something about living in-between—about leaving one place without yet arriving at another, and about moving through uncertainty without rushing toward resolution. And maybe that “in between” is fitting during…
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Rev. Jason S. Glombicki July 26, 2026 In today’s gospel, Jesus talks about the “kingdom of heaven,” or what we might translate as the “reign of heaven.” And the thing about the reign of heaven is that Jesus never let it sit still long enough for us to define it. First, it was like a mustard seed. Then it was like leaven hidden in flour. Then treasure buried in a field, a merchant searching for a…