St. Peter Lutheran Church - Walburg, Texas

05/03/2026

The Promised Home

We often feel a strong urge to move forward, sometimes so much that we overlook what truly matters. Today’s Gospel reading shows Jesus facing His disciples’ constant need to know what to do next. He tells them that He is the way, the truth, and the life, offering them a home in His relationship with the Father, which will give them a mission. Just as Jesus promised His disciples, He promises us this so we can share it with everyone we meet.

The Promised Home

04/12/2026

Faith by His Presence

Faith can sometimes feel far away, but when look at Jesus, we find our reassurance. Jesus’ power can break into any room, but it’s his presence that draws us near. His power rescues; his presence makes trust possible. His power conquers death; his Spirit’s presence gives life. Our Gospel today explores how faith is not achieved by intensity or certainty, but received as a gift when the risen Christ keeps showing up — even behind our locked doors.

Faith can sometimes feel far away, but when look at Jesus, we find our reassurance. Jesus’ power can break into any room, but it’s his presence that draws us...

04/05/2026

The Death of Death and the Terror of Joy

In Matthew 28:1–10, the angel’s three commands—fear not, come and see, go and tell—pull us into the shocking good news that the resurrection has shattered the world we thought we knew. “Fear not” confronts the way we’ve grown accustomed to death’s supposed inevitability, exposing how small our expectations have become. “Come and see” invites us to look straight into the emptiness of the tomb and reckon with a reality where death has been hollowed out and defeated. And “go and tell” sends us running with the same breathless urgency as the women, carrying the only news that can reorder the world: He is risen, just as He said.

In Matthew 28:1–10, the angel’s three commands—fear not, come and see, go and tell—pull us into the shocking good news that the resurrection has shattered th...

04/05/2026

Visions of Jesus on the Road

Two visions emerge on the road to Jerusalem. The crowd anxiously attempts to worship Jesus as they imagine him to be. However, Jesus' eyes are fixed on His mission. In our own lives, we can focus on keeping Jesus as we imagine Him to be or we can keep our eyes on Him as He accomplishes His mission of rescue for us.

Two visions emerge on the road to Jerusalem. The crowd anxiously attempts to worship Jesus as they imagine him to be. However, Jesus' eyes are fixed on His m...

03/22/2026

The Friend we Never Really Knew

In John 11, three groups of people think they know Jesus — and all three are wrong. The disciples see a great teacher. Mary and Martha see a powerful healer who arrived too late. The neighborhood sees a grieving friend. But when Jesus stands before a four-day-old tomb and speaks three commands — remove the stone, come out, unbind him — he doesn't negotiate with death. He doesn't pray for a miracle. He simply acts, because death is irrelevant to him. In our Gospel, we see Jesus transcend our expectations and reveal that God's presence is for the rescue of His people.

In John 11, three groups of people think they know Jesus — and all three are wrong. The disciples see a great teacher. Mary and Martha see a powerful healer ...

03/15/2026

From Explanations to Proclamation
A man born blind becomes the center of everyone’s favorite question: Whose fault is it? Neighbors, religious leaders, even his own parents search for explanations, causes, and blame. But Jesus offers something entirely different—a proclamation of God’s work and a gift no one can earn.
Too often we cling to fault‑finding, but grace disrupts our categories, and shows us what it means to proclaim Christ even when no one else understands.

A man born blind becomes the center of everyone’s favorite question: Whose fault is it? Neighbors, religious leaders, even his own parents search for explana...

03/08/2026

Christ, the Intruder.

We live in a loneliness epidemic, but loneliness is nothing new. In John 4, Jesus meets a woman who has built her entire life around not being found. She hides behind religious language, behind cynicism, behind the idea that the good news is for someone else. Jesus intrudes into her solitude and refuses to leave; just as he refuses to let us dwell in our loneliness today.

We live in a loneliness epidemic, but loneliness is nothing new. In John 4, Jesus meets a woman who has built her entire life around not being found. She hid...

03/01/2026

The Love That Gives the Son

Nicodemus came to Jesus looking for answers; he found a God who loved him first. John 3:16–17 reveals a love bold enough to give the Son and gentle enough to invite faith rather than force it. The question Jesus leaves us with is simple: what will you do with a love that gives everything for you?

Nicodemus came to Jesus looking for answers; he found a God who loved him first. John 3:16–17 reveals a love bold enough to give the Son and gentle enough to...

02/22/2026

Already Won in the Wilderness

On the First Sunday in Lent, we hear the story of Jesus' temptation in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1–11). But this passage isn't a how-to guide for resisting temptation — it's the announcement that Jesus has already faced down the devil for you. Lent isn't forty days of trying harder; it's forty days of fixing your eyes on the one who already won.

On the First Sunday in Lent, we hear the story of Jesus' temptation in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1–11). But this passage isn't a how-to guide for resisting t...

02/16/2026

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02/15/2026

The Experience and the Meaning

The Transfiguration is one of the most spectacular moments in the Gospels—glory blazing, prophets appearing, the voice of God thundering from a cloud. Yet Peter, standing in the middle of it all, misses the point entirely. He reaches for huts when he should have listened. T.S. Eliot once wrote, "We had the experience but missed the meaning," and that line captures Peter's error perfectly. The Transfiguration offers us a simple pattern for discipleship: we see the spectacle of who Christ is, we hear the voice of the Father commanding us to listen to the Son, and we follow Jesus as he descends from the mountain into the world. See, hear, follow. This is the shape of faith—not clinging to mountaintop experiences, but trusting the one who walks with us into the valley, speaks resurrection over our fear, and leads us through the cross to glory.

The Transfiguration is one of the most spectacular moments in the Gospels—glory blazing, prophets appearing, the voice of God thundering from a cloud. Yet Pe...

02/15/2026

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Christ's City on the Hill

The idea of the "city on the hill" has become an important image for Americans, but the city which Christ speaks of is one that he builds, calls his disciples to dwell in, and where they find the peace only his kingdom can bring. More than a story about our works making an earthly utopia, Christ's city on the hill is about the Kingdom where God makes all things new.

The idea of the "city on the hill" has become an important image for Americans, but the city which Christ speaks of is one that he builds, calls his disciple...