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Seventh Sunday of Advent
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Vicar Sarah Freyermuth December 21, 2025 We’re still in the season of Advent, but today we get a birth story! And let me tell you, every time I read Matthew’s birth story, I get really grateful for the Gospel of Luke. Because if this is Jesus’ birth story, where are the shepherds in the field? Where are the angels that appear to them saying, “I bring you good news of great joy for all the people!”…
Sixth Sunday of Advent
In last week’s gospel, we met John the Baptist. We heard him calling people to turn toward God’s way of justice and renewal. And, John was, in many ways, the first-century equivalent of a hype person—the person sent ahead to stir anticipation and build excitement. And, after all that hype, John asks an unimaginable question. From prison, he asked Jesus, “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” And it seems jarring. John had spent years proclaiming that the Messiah…
Fifth Sunday of Advent
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Vicar Sarah Freyermuth December 7, 2025 Here at Wicker Park we celebrate a seven week Advent season, and let me tell you—I love that we celebrate it for many reasons, not least of which is that I started playing Christmas music really early and justified it to everyone in my life by saying “it’s Advent! I’m allowed to!” (Hey, I love it for all the theological reasons too!) But one thing those of you who grew…