My very first Christmas Day sermon. Given on December 25, 2014, at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in Dubuque, Iowa. The Christmas Day lectionary Gospel text is John 1:1-14. Grace and peace from the One who has come to dwell with us. I
My January, 2015, column for The Bellringer, the monthly newsletter of my internship congregation (St. Peter Lutheran Church in Dubuque, Iowa). Enjoy! Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. – 1 Corinthians 12:27 At a recent confirmation class, we
My sermon for the third Sunday of Advent, Year B, at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in Dubuque, Iowa, given on December 14, 2014. This week’s texts are Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24, and John 1:6-8, 19-28. To get the full effect of this sermon, you
This sermon is for the second Sunday of Advent, Year B, at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in Dubuque, Iowa, on December 7, 2014. The texts for this week are Isaiah 40:1-11, Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13, 2 Peter 3:8-15a, and Mark 1:1-8. By show of hands, how
My December, 2014, column for The Bellringer, the monthly newsletter of my internship congregation (St. Peter Lutheran Church in Dubuque, Iowa). Enjoy! God Is With Us And the Word became flesh and lived among us. – John 1:14 One of my favorite Christmas songs to