Sermons from 2026
Reformation Sunday
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Rev. Jason S. Glombicki October 25, 2026 At yesterday’s Synod Council retreat, our newly elected bishop, Erik Christensen, told us about some things he carries whenever he moves into a new office. Cards. Notes. Little reminders of people and places that have shaped his ministry. He recently hung up one of those reminders—a paper leaf with these words: “When the right questions get framed, the reformation begins.” I’ve been thinking about that little leaf, especially today,…
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Vicar Lyndsay Monsen October 11, 2026 Well, friends, it is so good to be with you all this morning. It is so good to finally be here and earnestly begin my pastoral residency. I will share that the start of my residency was delayed for a few reasons, and among those reasons were, that’s right, a couple of weddings. Last winter when my friend Hailey asked me to be her bridesmaid at her wedding in Nashville…
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…