Second Sunday of Advent The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. Prophecy, Patience, and Promise Advent is a season of expectation, the word itself meaning “coming.” Many families spend these four weeks waiting for children to come home from college, or for grandparents to come for…
Thanksgiving Service The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. How Much Is Enough? How do we define an abundant life? Is it by how much we have? Do we define it in comparison or contrast to what others have? Too often, our definition of an abundant life keeps…
Awake to the Grace of God The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. Linked with the reading from 1 Thessalonians and Psalm 90, Jesus’ parable of the talents invites a full-hearted response to God’s lavish gifts of faith and purpose: “Use ‘em if you’ve got ‘em!” The people…
Trusting in God, Trusting with God The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. Human beings are relational creatures. We are created to be in relationship with one another and with God. No one, no matter how independent or disconnected they may feel they are, functions completely…
All Saint’s Sunday The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. Saintly Sinners, Sinful Saints All Saints Sunday and the appointed readings are pregnant with themes of stark contrast: death and life, condemnation and redemption, sorrow and joy, suffering and relief, present life and future life. Such…
Reformation Sunday Know God, Know Ourselves This is a Sunday packed with beautiful images, deep-seeded ideas, and a rich history. For life-long Lutherans, these things can provoke a sense of pride in our denomination, but Reformation Sunday is not “Lutheran Pride Day.” Instead it is a day focused on knowing God truthfully and in the…
What’s in Your Wallet? Not Enough. The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. Gospel: Matthew 22:15-22 After Jesus begins teaching in the temple, religious leaders try to trap him with questions. First they ask if God’s people should pay taxes to an earthly tyrant like Caesar.…
Jesus, Cornerstone of Our Faith The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. Gospel: Matthew 21:33-46 Jesus tells a parable to the religious leaders who are plotting his death, revealing that their plans will, ironically, bring about the fulfillment of scripture. [Jesus said to the people:] 33“Listen to…
Jesus, Cornerstone of Our Faith The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. God has showered humanity with gifts and blessings, but humanity continues to abuse those gifts. We have been entrusted with a creation to care for, and in our shortsightedness we abuse and pollute the…
An Invitation to Grace The sermon will be a post on our Facebook page. Please click on link to view sermon. It is so easy and so tempting to build ourselves up at the expense of others. “I can’t imagine ever doing that.” “How can people live like that?” “Who would do such a thing?” At…