When this parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus last came up in the lectionary three years ago, I was all set to preach on it, and then the town of Greene flooded, so I had to rewrite my entire
Sermon on Lazarus and Wealth – September 29, 2019
September 22, 2019 Sermon on Lost and Found
For a variety of reasons, I swapped this week’s and last week’s lectionary readings, so this week we heard the RCL readings for the 14th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 19. The sermon texts this week were 1 Timothy 1:12-17, Psalm
October 2019 Newsletter: Reformation Stewardship
Church newsletter pastoral column for St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greene, Iowa, for October, 2019. Reformation Stewardship For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from
An Uncomfortable Parable About Money, Motivations, and God – September 15, 2019 Sermon
This weekend at St. Peter was Country Time, our big fall festival turkey dinner. Between carry-outs, deliveries, and dine-in, we served 790 meals in about two hours! Lots of people working together is great to see. For a variety of
Philemon and Demanding Discipleship
On this 13th Sunday after Pentecost, our scripture readings are Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Philemon (the assigned text is Philemon 1:1-21, but we added another 4 verses to our reading to get through the entire book/letter), and Luke 14:25-33. We gave out Deep