The Kind of Division We Need
A sermon on Luke 12:49-56 & Hebrews 11:29-12:2 [For an audio recording of this sermon, click here.] Last Sunday the concluding blessing...
A Challenging Peace
A sermon on Luke 10: 1-11, 16-20 [for an audio recording of this sermon, click here] Today’s gospel story raises an important question:...
What Would We Have Done? (What Are We Doing?)
[For an audio recording of this sermon, click here] A sermon on Luke 19:28-44 I was recently listening to an episode of the Good Ancestor...
God is About To Do a New Thing (Are You Ready?)
[photo credit Danielle Macinnes @dsmacinnes] A sermon on John 12:1-8 [and audio version of the sermon is available here]. “I am about to...
What Are We Growing?
[For an audio recording of this sermon, click here] A sermon on Luke 13: 1-9 If the scene that opens this gospel reading were to happen...
Wilderness Transformation
A sermon on Luke 4:1-13 [An audio recording of this sermon is available here.] When I first joined a Lutheran church (in my late...
Origins, Prophecy, Fire, and Knowing Who We Are
A sermon on Luke 1:57-80 and Malachi 3:1-6 Today we celebrate the Feast Day of John the Baptist. (because I did NOT look at the readings...
Mission of Transformation
We are going to try a little congregational participation in the sermon today. I’m going to ask some questions, and I want to you to...
A Wakening Fear
A sermon on Matthew 25:14-30 and 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 As my children are discovering, one of the debatable benefits of being a pastor’s...
Scribes of the Kingdom
Sermon on Matt. 13: 31-33, 44-52 The kingdom of heaven is like poison ivy, that invades a back yard. From a few green shoots peeking out...