"podcast" Tagged Sermons

"podcast" Tagged Sermons

The Feast of Mary, Mother of Our Lord

In today’s gospel, we hear one of the most revolutionary hymns in all of Scripture, it’s known as the Magnificat. But, too often Mary is domesticated —pictured as meek, mild, and obedient. However, the Mary we encounter in Luke is something far more radical. She is a teenager, unwed, dark-skinned, and living under the occupation of the Roman empire. By all accounts, she should be invisible. She should be powerless. And yet, she dares to sing…

The Feast of Mary Magdalene

Wicker Park Lutheran Church Vicar Sarah Freyermuth July 20, 2025 When you look for God in the world, who are you looking for? Don’t worry, since it’s my first sermon here, I’m not going to actually make you shout out your answers – although watch out, I might make you do that in a future sermon! But really, I just want all of us to take a moment and think about this question: when you look for God in the…