Sermons
Second Sunday of Easter
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Vicar Sarah Freyermuth April 12, 2026 We are officially in the Easter season—the season where the trumpets blare and our Alleluia banners wave and confetti comes down as we joyously proclaim Alleluia! Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed, alleluia! Except… as our Gospel reading begins, it kind of feels like someone should have told the disciples that. I mean, Mary Magdalene has already come to them, rejoicing and declaring “I have seen the Lord!” They…
Easter Sunday
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Rev. Jason S. Glombicki April 5, 2026 We hear Matthew’s version of the resurrection this morning, and Matthew tells it a little differently. Do you recall why the women went to the tomb? In Luke and Mark, they brought spices to care for Jesus’ dead body. But, Matthew simply says: they went to see the tomb. That’s it. Not to fix anything and not to finish the burial. They weren’t expecting a resurrection. And then—an earthquake.…
The Easter Vigil
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Vicar Sarah Freyermuth April 4, 2026 The poem that most encapsulates the promise of Easter for me comes from Mary Oliver. She writes, “I have refused to live locked in the orderly house of reasons and proofs. The world I live in and believe in is wider than that. And anyway, what’s wrong with Maybe? You wouldn’t believe what once or twice I have seen. I’ll just tell you this: only if there are angels in…