Sermons

Sermons

The Feast of Saint Francis

Wicker Park Lutheran Church Rev. Tom Gehring October 4, 2026 Wicker Park Lutheran Church Rev. Tom Gehring October 4, 2026 May these words of my mouth and this meditation of all our hearts be acceptable to you O Lord, our Creator and our Sustainer. Amen. In the spring of 2016, I was living on the land of the Sicangu Lakota Oyate, more commonly known as the Rosebud Indian Reservation, in South Dakota. I had been living there as a member…

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Wicker Park Lutheran Church Rev. Jason S. Glombicki September 27, 2026 In today’s gospel, Jesus told a story about two children. A parent asked the first to go work, and the child said no. But later, that child reconsidered and went. The second child said, “I’ll go work,” and then did nothing. Jesus asked which one did what the father wanted, and it was the one who acted as the father asked. What strikes me, though, is that the child…