* a funeral sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on September 10, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Text: Matthew 25:31-40 *************** Please pray with me, church: Holy Comforter, Our hearts are restless until they rest in you. Draw us close today, And send us your peace … Continue reading Constant
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on August 20, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the 11th Sunday after Pentecost: Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 + Matthew 15:10-28 *************** Please pray with me, church: Holy God, Break our hearts this morning. Break open our hearts … Continue reading On Our Hearts
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on June 25, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost: Romans 6:1b-11 + Matthew 10:24-39 *************** Please pray with me: Holy God, We say we want peace, Yet true peace is hard to … Continue reading True Peace is Hard to Come By
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the Festival of the Resurrection, Easter Sunday: Acts 10:34-43 + Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 + Colossians 3:1-4 + Matthew 28:1-10 *************** Please pray with me: Holy Crucified … Continue reading Worn Out
* a sermon preached at Luther Memorial Church of Chicago on January 11, 2015 * Text: Matthew 3:1-17 *************** Please pray with me: Please pray with me. Living God, We are often forgetful people. Remind us and keep us mindful of who we are and whose we are in the waters of our baptism. In your most … Continue reading All In The Family
* a sermon preached at Luther Memorial Church of Chicago on May 17, 2015 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Text: Romans 6:1-14 *************** Pray with me this morning: Cleanse us, and make us new, Holy One. Today, and every day. That your resurrection might be our hope, And hope … Continue reading Learning to Swim
* a sermon preached at Luther Memorial Church of Chicago on November 16, 2014 * Text: A Story from Isaiah (based on Isaiah 36:1-3, 13-20; 37:1-7; and 2:1-4) The King of Assyria came to Judah and sent a messenger to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. The messenger called out to the people of Jerusalem, in their own language, … Continue reading Torn in Two
* a sermon preached at Luther Memorial Church of Chicago on September 28, 2014 * Text: Exodus 14:10-14, 21-29 How many of you were camp counselors ever? Summers full of playtime. Maybe some God time, bible study, and prayer in there. Watersports. Arts and crafts. Camp food. Ropes courses. And who remembers the Trust Fall? Placing … Continue reading Trust Issues
Sermon - 26th Sunday after Pentecost preached at St. Luke's Lutheran Church of Logan Square on November 17, 2013 Texts: Isaiah 65:17-25 + Psalm 98 + 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 + Luke 21:5-19 In their seminal 1987 classic, Michael Stipe and his band R.E.M. proclaimed in song what many of us were feeling in the late ‘80’s. “It’s the end of the world … Continue reading Zombies and Aliens …or Rising Out of the Rubble
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