Ash Wednesday sermon for St. Peter Lutheran Church, Dubuque, Iowa, preached February 18, 2015. The texts we read today are Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10; and Matthew 6:1-8, 16-21. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and our
Like many churches in the Dubuque area, St. Peter cancelled worship services today due to weather. Fortunately, I did get to preach yesterday at our Saturday afternoon service, so at least there were a few people who got to hear this sermon. Anyway, here’s
My February, 2015, column for The Bellringer, the monthly newsletter of my internship congregation (St. Peter Lutheran Church in Dubuque, Iowa). Enjoy! Worship is an Action In Sunday School class last week, the confirmation students and I spent some time exploring what’s involved in worship.
Sermon for the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany, January 18, 2015. Preached at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in Dubuque, Iowa. Texts for this sermon are 1 Samuel 3:1-10 and John 1:43-5. Sermon video (Note that we were having some sound issues this weekend,
For the first Sunday after Christmas (December 28, 2014), we had a hymnsing Sunday, and I tried something a little different for the sermon. I used the lectionary texts, but instead of doing all the readings and then a sermon, I