Today is Transfiguration Sunday. While going down a few rabbit holes in this strange story, this sermon focuses on the promise that Jesus comes down the mountain with his disciples, choosing to enter into the messiness of our broken world
February 14, 2021 Sermon – Transfiguration and Change
It’s Transfiguration Sunday! Through stories about Elijah and Elisha and Jesus’ transfiguration, we’re looking at the grief and loss that inevitably go with change. Thank you to Pastor Gretchen Mertes from Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church in Seattle for permission to
February 23, 2020 Sermon: Transfiguration Evangelism
Thanks to 2020, I got way behind in posting sermons, so it’s mid-October as I’m posting this sermon from February 23. At the time, I was back from parental leave and ready to focus on leading our congregation to improve
February 26, 2017 Transfiguration Sermon
This was a busy weekend at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa! We had a funeral on Saturday for Verle Steere, then our usual three weekend worship services for Transfiguration Sunday, followed by a talent show. The picture here
Transfiguration Sermon Outline, February 15, 2015
My sermon post this week is a bit different then usual. Instead of preaching from a manuscript, as I have for every other sermon I’ve ever preached, I preached from a (very detailed) outline. That meant that what I actually