This morning, I had the privilege of being the senior preacher for Wartburg Seminary’s chapel service. My assigned text was Philippians 3:4b-14. After I took preaching class two years ago, I visited my home congregation, and I asked my pastor how he
Or, “How Many St. Paul Churches Can We Worship With in 24 Hours?” As part of my Leaders in Mission: Renewing Worship in the Missional Community class here at Wartburg Seminary, I spent last weekend in St. Paul, Minnesota, on a class field trip
Although I haven’t yet posted anything here about it, Christin and I recently returned from a J-Term trip to Tanzania. This morning, Christin shared pictures and stories from our trip in worship at Lena UMC and I preached. Our text was Ephesians 4:1-6.
This sermon is the final project of a four week seminary class on “Preaching Luke.” After leading a text study session on a passage, we were to preach a sample sermon on our given text for our fellow seminarians in
The following are some textual study notes I wrote for a preaching class on Luke 12:13-21, the Parable of the Rich Fool. This text occurs on the 11th Sunday after Pentecost in the Revised Common Lectionary. Go here to read