This is a very special week for me, because on Sunday, February 2, 2020, I got to baptize my one month old son, Micah! And yes, the fact that the lectionary readings for the fourth Sunday of the Epiphany season
2020 Annual Meeting Sermon
This week is my first back at St. Peter after paternity leave, and it also is our Annual Meeting Sunday. So, here’s my 2020 annual meeting sermon for Epiphany 3, January 26, 2020 on Matthew 4:12-23 and 1 Corinthians 1:10-18.
Jesus the Controversial Prophet Sermon
Here’s the sermon for February 3, 2019. The texts for this week are Luke 4:21-30 and Jeremiah 1:4-10. The most nervous I’ve ever been before a sermon was when I was in seminary, the night before I preached at Ascension
Many Gifts – 2019 Annual Meeting Sermon
This Sunday we had a joint worship service followed by our annual meeting. The readings for this week are Isaiah 62:1-5 (read via video by Mary Beth Oyabade, a missionary we sponsor in Nigeria), a sung paraphrase of Psalm 36, 1 Corinthians
Claimed and Named Beloved – January 13, 2019 Sermon
The Gospel reading for Sunday, January 13, 2019, is Luke 3:15-17, 21-22. Our other readings this week include Isaiah 43:1-7 and Psalm 29. I found inspiration from Christine Hallenbeck Ask’s GodPause devotional on January 11, 2019, and David Lose’s Working Preacher commentary