* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on July 9, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the 5th Sunday after Pentecost: Romans 7:15-25a + Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 *************** Please pray with me: Holy Comforter, Our lives are full of expectation, Maybe none more than … Continue reading Falling Gracefully
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on July 2, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the 4th Sunday after Pentecost: Romans 6:12-23 + Matthew 10:40-42 *************** Please pray with me: Welcoming God, Your word of hospitality is wider and deeper than we imagine, … Continue reading The Least You Could Do
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on June 18, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost: Romans 5:1-8 + Matthew 9:35-10:23 *************** This is a tough sermon this morning. One that I hope names some of our deeper hurt, … Continue reading Suffering With and Speaking Life
* a sermon preached at my home congregation Calvary Lutheran Church on August 23, 2015 * ** 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: John 6:56-69 *************** Please pray with me: Holy One, Speak truth to us today. Even … Continue reading Hard Truths
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