I’m a firm believer in the value of having a children’s message or children’s sermon during worship. These are some quick tips I wrote up for some confirmation students who are going to try giving a children’s message as part
This week was the Country Time fall festival at church (we served 850 meals!), so there were only two worship services instead of the usual three. The texts for this week are Luke 16:1-13 and Amos 8:4-7, as well as
The Greene Recorder has a biweekly column on faith and life written by local pastors. This is my first “Light For Our Path” column, published September 7, 2016. What Is Our Call? I’m new to this column, so before I
Sermon for St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa, for the 17th Sunday after Pentecost. This week’s lectionary readings are Luke 15:1-10 and 1 Timothy 1:12-17. The picture on the left is Lost Drachma, by James Jacques Joseph Tissot. Source
Sermon for the 16th Sunday after Pentecost, September 3-4, 2016, for St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa. This week’s lectionary texts are Luke 14:25-33 and Philemon 1:1-21. For the shorter 10:30 Praise & Communion service, we only read the Luke passage and I skipped