Christ the Servant Lutheran Church

There is a current commercial – I think it is for car insurance or some such thing. In this commercial people imagine things that “aren’t right.” For instance, one woman imagines shower stalls lined with shag carpeting. She thinks about it for a second and says, “That’s not right.” Another woman imagines a finger-dip reception in which people go around sticking their fingers in the chip dip or guacamole, lick them off, and stick them in again. She thinks about it for a

The answer is: Standing and sitting. What is the question? How about, What is the mark of a Lutheran church service? Standing and sitting. Actually, for us this morning, considering our second lesson (the one from Hebrews), if the answer were “standing and sitting” the question might be, “What is the difference between the work performed by the temple high priest and Jesus Christ?” Standing and sitting. These two actions hold some significance for us this morning. W

Johannes Vermeer was a famous Dutch painter who lived in the 1600’s. Among his well-known paintings is one entitled, “Woman With a Balance.” It depicts a young and beautiful housewife standing at a table gazing with rapt attention at a jeweler’ balance – one of those scales with hanging balances on each side and a pointer in the middle. She is checking to see that, when the scales are empty, the pointer will rest in the middle. There are two things which make this painti