Happy New Year! This week in worship, we wrap up the Christmas season with the celebration of Epiphany, looking at the story in Matthew 2:1-12 of Magi from the East coming to worship the baby Jesus. These foreigners symbolize the
Christmas Day: I Wonder as I Wander | December 25, 2024
Merry Christmas! For Christmas Day 2024, we had a joint worship service at Christ the King. It was mostly a hymn-sing, but I also shared this brief message about the song I Wonder as I Wander, partially inspired by Cameron
Christmas Eve: Grace Is Found in the Manger | December 24, 2024
Merry Christmas! Tonight’s Christmas Eve sermon concludes this year’s Advent series, Grace-Filled Beginnings, from the ELCA’s Western North Dakota Synod. Tonight, we hear the story of God’s grace entering the world in the person of Jesus Christ, born in Bethlehem and
Grace Brings Us Joy | December 22, 2024
On this final Sunday in Advent, we hear Mary’s song, a song of joy as she proclaims the ways her son will change the world. In the midst of the overwhelming evidence of this world’s brokenness, Mary proclaims that God
Grace Brings Us Together | December 15, 2024
In this third week of Advent, John the Baptist calls for repentance. The crowds that hear him agree that change is needed, but they wonder, “What should we do?” Looking at the brokenness in the world around us, we wonder