We are claimed as children of God—children with lots of room to grow! It’s easy to see the gap between who we are and who God calls us to be, but the Holy Spirit is at work transforming us as
Sermon for April 18, 2021 – Growing as Children of God
Sermon for April 11, 2021: Risen with Scars
On the evening of the first Easter Sunday, the risen Jesus surprises his disciples by appearing among them and blessing them. But one member of the band is gone that night and refuses to believe until he can personally see
Easter 2021 Sermon: Easter Cliffhanger
Happy Easter! In Mark’s gospel, the Easter story ends with fear and uncertainty, but the cliffhanger ending invites us into the story. God is doing something new in our world, even today. Christ is risen! The text this year for Easter
Maundy Thursday Sermon 2021
Jesus and his disciples gathered in an upper room to share the Passover meal together, but during the meal, Jesus changed the meaning of what was happening. He promised that in this meal, in the ordinary stuff of bread and
April 2021 Newsletter Column: Acts
Church newsletter pastoral column for St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greene, Iowa, for April, 2021. Acts “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” – Acts 2:42 In the cycle of the