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Author: Pastor Mauricio Vieira

Mauricio Vieira is an ordained pastor with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and a Christian thinker concerned about the future of the good news of Jesus Christ. Please feel free to comment on any of the posts, for God has placed God's Spirit in each and all of us.
Posted on July 11, 2025

The Word this Sunday – 07.13.25

Posted on June 30, 2025

Sermon 06.29.25 – Patience

Posted on June 26, 2025June 27, 2025

The Word this Sunday – 06.29.25

3rd Sunday after Pentecost 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21; Psalm 16; Galatians 5:1, 13-25; Luke 9:51-6 Departure and separation resonate through the texts for this third Sunday after Pentecost. The Word of God is on the move as usual. In the gospel of Luke, Jesus sends envoys ahead of his journey to Jerusalem (52). Some communities …

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Posted on June 25, 2025June 30, 2025

Sermon 06.22.25 – What have you to do with me, Jesus?

Posted on June 19, 2025

The Word this Sunday – 06.22.25

2nd Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 65:1-9; Psalm 22:19-28; Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 8:26-39 After calming storms in the middle of the Sea of Galilee (Luke 8:22-25), Jesus, the one with the power to speak the whole creation into peace, lands in foreign territory with his disciples (verses 26-27). We may expect things to work differently here. …

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Posted on June 17, 2025

Sermon 06.15.25 – The Trinity and Us

Posted on June 14, 2025June 17, 2025

The Word this Sunday – 06.15.25

Holy Trinity Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 Holy Trinity Sunday comes to us, and the majestic triune task force is hard at work restoring the whole creation. Towards the end of his farewell discourse in the gospel of John, Jesus still has many things to say. Yet, the disciples may not …

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Posted on June 3, 2025

Sermon 06.01.25 – When Jesus Prays for Us

Posted on May 30, 2025June 3, 2025

The Word this Sunday – 06.01.25

7th Sunday of Easter Acts 16:16-34; Psalm 97; Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21; John 17:20-26 The 7th Sunday of Easter brings to us Jesus' final prayers for the disciples in the Gospel of John. After this, Judas Iscariot brings the kitchen sink of evil to the doorstep of the Lamb of God. Whatever Jesus says in …

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Posted on May 27, 2025

Sermon 05.25.25 – The Place We Don’t Always See

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