I’m excited to announce that by the grace of God and the call of the Church, I have accepted a call to serve as pastor to the people of God at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa. With having
Call and Ordination
Seminary Senior Chapel Sermon – Credentials and Call
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
Renewing Worship Class Trip to St. Paul
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
Sermon for February 7, 2016 – Tanzania and Spiritual Unity
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.
Preaching Class Sermon – The Parable of the Rich Fool
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