* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on February 26, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the Transfiguration of Our Lord: Exodus 24:12-18 + Psalm 2 + 2 Peter 1:16-21 + Matthew 17:1-9 *************** Please pray with me this morning: Loving God, You call … Continue reading Hinge Point
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on February 19, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the 7th Sunday after the Epiphany: Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18 + Psalm 119:33-40 + 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23 + Matthew 5:38-48 *************** Please pray with me this morning: Holy … Continue reading Love Without Restrictions
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on February 12, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the 6th Sunday after the Epiphany: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 + Psalm 119:1-8 + 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 + Matthew 5:21-37 *************** Please pray with me this morning: Gracious God, We … Continue reading Reconciled Beggars
Christmas. The Festival of the Incarnation. A celebration of God's enfleshment and embodiment. As I'm reflecting on Christmas and preparing myself to lead my community in the celebration of the birth of Christ, I'm considering the connections between the festival of Christmas and the community of faith. The church, as the body of Christ, is … Continue reading Festival of Incarnation
A little over a month ago, I preached a sermon talking about the difficulty of being in community together and how being in community together can also be messy. In that sermon I asked for forgiveness for the inevitable ways that we, as a faith community, would let you down and disappoint you. This blog … Continue reading A Word of Hope…and an Invitation
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on October 9, 2016 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the 21st Sunday after Pentecost: 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c + Psalm 111 + 2 Timothy 2:8-15 + Luke 17:11-19 *************** Please pray with me this morning: Healing God, … Continue reading Hurricane Winds of Change
Since I'll be needing to do this regularly soon myself, I thought I'd get back into the habit of forming some thoughts for preaching this weekend. The Revised Common Lectionary texts for this weekend: Amos 7:7-17 + Psalm 82 + (or Deuteronomy 30:9-14 and Psalm 25:1-10) + Colossians 1:1-14 + Luke 10:25-37 --------------- I don't … Continue reading “Who Is My Neighbor?”
* A sermon preached for the finals of the James Kenneth Echols Prize for Excellence in Preaching at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago on April 28, 2016 * ** You may also want to watch and hear this sermon preached. Here is that video. And here is the audio if you prefer to just listen. ** Text: Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5 … Continue reading Dream On!
* a sermon preached in class at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago on April 26, 2016 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Text: Acts 4:5-12 *************** Please pray with me this afternoon: ……… …in the name of Jesus, Amen. *************** Sometimes the task of preaching on the texts for … Continue reading What’s In A Name?
* a sermon preached in class at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago on March 29, 2016 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Text: Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 *************** I sat staring at the screen, watching the cursor… … * blink * … * blink * … * blink *… I … Continue reading A Reasonably Full Account
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