(May 4, 1934 — March 2, 2026) Sunday, June 7, 2026Bethlehem Lutheran ChurchLos Alamos, NM MATTHEW 25.31-40 31 Ὅταν δὲ ἔλθῃ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐν τῇ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄγγελοι μετ' αὐτοῦ, τότε καθίσει ἐπὶ θρόνου δόξης αὐτοῦ·32 καὶ συναχθήσονται ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, καὶ ἀφορίσει αὐτοὺς ἀπ' ἀλλήλων, ὥσπερ ὁ … Continue reading In Memoriam: Nima Diane Ward

Saturday/Sunday May 2, 3 2026Saint Luke Lutheran ChurchAlbuquerque, NM [NOTE: The text (Greek and in three translations) follows the Sermon.] AT THE READING OF THE GOSPEL: With your bulletin this evening/this morning you have been provided with a half sheet that contains two other versions of the Gospel Reading you just heard. One is from … Continue reading Fifth Sunday of Easter: “Many Rooms”

April 26, 2026United Church of Santa FeSanta Fe, NM JOHN 10.1-10 1 Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὁ μὴ εἰσερχόμενος διὰ τῆς θύρας εἰς τὴν αὐλὴν τῶν προβάτων ἀλλὰ ἀναβαίνων ἀλλαχόθεν ἐκεῖνος κλέπτης ἐστὶν καὶ λῃστής·2 ὁ δὲ εἰσερχόμενος διὰ τῆς θύρας ποιμήν ἐστιν τῶν προβάτων.3 τούτῳ ὁ θυρωρὸς ἀνοίγει, καὶ τὰ πρόβατα τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ … Continue reading Fourth Sunday of Easter: Shepherd of the Sheep

Second Sunday of EASTERApril 12, 2026Bethlehem Lutheran Church; Los Alamos, NM [NOTE: Greek and English Texts at the end of the Sermon] + In nomine Domini. Amen. Christ is Risen, Alleluia. Today is the Second Sunday of Easter — not the Second Sunday IN Easter, but OF Easter; because Easter is a Season, not a … Continue reading Risus Pachalis (Holy Hilarity)

MAUNDY THURSDAYThursday, April 2, 2026 — 7 pmSaint Luke’s Lutheran Church308 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036 [NOTE: Greek, Latin and English texts of Luke 13.1-17; 31b-35 follow at the end of the Sermon.] + In nomine Domini. Amen. I am told that if we were to go to the northern part of Italy, … Continue reading ἐντολὴν καινὴν, Mandatum novum, A New Command

Saturday, Feburary 14, 2026 & Sunday, February 15, 2026Saint Luke Lutheran Church; Albuquerque, New Mexico MATTHEW 17.1-9 1 Καὶ μεθ' ἡμέρας ἓξ παραλαμβάνει ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὸν Πέτρον καὶ Ἰάκωβον καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀναφέρει αὐτοὺς εἰς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν κατ' ἰδίαν.2 καὶ μετεμορφώθη ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔλαμψεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος, τὰ … Continue reading The Transfiguration (Quinquagesima) — or, Goodbye Alleluia!

The United Church of Santa FeSanta Fe, NM JOHN 1.29-42 29 Τῇ ἐπαύριον βλέπει τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ λέγει, Ἴδε ὁ ἀμνὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ὁ αἴρων τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου.30 οὗτός ἐστιν ὑπὲρ οὗ ἐγὼ εἶπον, Ὀπίσω μου ἔρχεται ἀνὴρ ὃς ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν, ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν.31 κἀγὼ οὐκ ᾔδειν αὐτόν, ἀλλ' … Continue reading Second Sunday after Epiphany; January 18, 2026, Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 19) — “God of Our Weary Years”

United Church of Santa FeSunday, August 31, 2025 LUKE 14.7-14 7 Ἔλεγεν δὲ πρὸς τοὺς κεκλημένους παραβολήν, ἐπέχων πῶς τὰς πρωτοκλισίας ἐξελέγοντο, λέγων πρὸς αὐτούς,8 Ὅταν κληθῇς ὑπό τινος εἰς γάμους, μὴ κατακλιθῇς εἰς τὴν πρωτοκλισίαν, μήποτε ἐντιμότερός σου ᾖ κεκλημένος ὑπ' αὐτοῦ,9 καὶ ἐλθὼν ὁ σὲ καὶ αὐτὸν καλέσας ἐρεῖ σοι, Δὸς τούτῳ τόπον, … Continue reading Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday, July 20, 2025All Saints Lutheran ChurchRio Rancho, New Mexico A Tale of Three Women: (Sarah, Mary, and Martha) Genesis 18:1-10a The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing near … Continue reading Sixth Sunday after Pentecost