Ash Wednesday is my favorite church holiday of the year. This year, Ash Wednesday here in Greene kicked off our ecumenical Lenten series focusing on the “I AM” sayings of Jesus in John’s gospel. For this first week, we focused on
This was a strange week for me, as I missed several days with a fever, and I wasn’t able to lead the Saturday service. Nevertheless, here’s my sermon for February 4, 2018, the 5th Sunday after Epiphany. The texts for
For our 2018 congregational annual meeting Sunday, we shaped worship around our mission statement. Rather than following the lectionary readings and a “normal” sermon, I selected three passages from Luke 10 and preached three mini-sermons. I also wove the prayers
The texts for today’s sermon for this third Sunday after Epiphany at St. Peter Lutheran Church are Mark 1:14-20 and Jonah 3:1-5, 10. I found helpful this 2015 reflection from David Lose, and the idea of the nets was modified from today’s
For this second after Epiphany, the lectionary texts I preached on are John 1:43-51 and Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18. Here’s my sermon for St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa, for January 14, 2018. Thomas B. Slater’s commentary on Working Preacher