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Michael Fick

Michael Fick is pastor of Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Chicago.

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Learning from the Passover Seder without co-opting it

What wisdom can Christians find in Jesus’ meal-gathering around a religious holiday of his people?
Sunday’s Coming

A redefined relationship (Hebrews 10:16-25)

How can we approach hope as we draw near to the cross?
Sunday’s Coming

Learning from Passover without co-opting it (Exodus 12:1-14)

How can these values be lived out in our traditions and in our assemblies?
In the Lectionary

April 15, Good Friday (John 18:1-19:42)

Diving into the disciples’ grief invites us to be honest about our own.
In the Lectionary

April 14, Maundy Thursday (John 13:1-17, 31b-35)

In a pandemic, the practices associated with Maundy Thursday feel nearly transgressive.
Sunday’s Coming

The beauty and dangers of identity (20A; Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32)

 A few reflections on this reading from Romans
Sunday’s Coming

Faith and fear at sea (Matthew 14:13-21; 19A)

A few reflections on this passage from Matthew
In the Lectionary

August 16, 20A (Genesis 45:1-15)

Is the Joseph story just an old unsophisticated morality trope?
In the Lectionary

August 9, 19A (Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28; Psalm 105:1-6, 16-22, 45b)

Small graces can give us hope—even in the pit.
Sunday’s Coming

Paul's clean slate

If anyone can wax poetic about the power of a clean slate, it's Paul. In his mystical meanderings on the human body's relationship to the body of Christ, he doesn't ground his hope in the things that humans do (or don't do) in response to tradition, social pressure, or threats. He grounds it in the inclusive finality of Jesus Christ himself.

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Sunday’s Coming

Powerful callings

At first read, this Sunday's Colossians text landed for me with a bit of a thud between the rich narrative images of Genesis and Luke. But the text engages the themes of calling and vocation in important ways. 
In the Lectionary

July 24, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Genesis 18:20-32; Luke 11:1-13

What is the point of prayer? The question is writ large in the texts from both the Hebrew scripture and the Gospel for this Sunday. The terrain is fraught with places to trip and fall.
In the Lectionary

July 17, 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Genesis 18:1-10a; Luke 10:38-42

God’s experience of hospitality—in the mysterious travelers and in the person of Jesus—inspires us to think beyond an Abraham-vs.-Sarah or Martha-vs.-Mary divide.

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