* 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
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Advent Devotional: Wednesday, December 31: Seventh Day of Christmas
Read Revelation 21:3-5 The idea of things being made new again is compelling, isn’t it? We get to start over. We get a clean slate. That’s sometimes how I feel about the new year. We mark the end of one year, and the start of another. We finish the chapter and close the book on … Continue reading Advent Devotional: Wednesday, December 31: Seventh Day of Christmas
Advent Devotional: Tuesday, December 30: Sixth Day of Christmas
The time after Christmas has begun to feel strange to me recently. In this new life I find myself in, there’s not much of a break. The church doesn’t exactly “take off” for the week. Life still goes on. People still have questions, still have concerns, still end up in the hospital, still have life … Continue reading Advent Devotional: Tuesday, December 30: Sixth Day of Christmas