Here’s my 2017 Christmas Eve sermon for St. Peter Lutheran Church, focusing on the nativity story in Luke 2. How many of you had certain memories come to mind as you heard those familiar words from Luke? As soon as I
Due to a quirk of the calendar, the fourth Sunday fo Advent (Year B) in 2017 falls on December 24, which of course is also Christmas Eve Day. At St. Peter Lutheran Church, we had our usual Saturday worship as
The text for this week’s sermon is John 1:6-8, 19-28. Substantial portions of this sermon (including the idea of using a paper bag) are the same as I preached three years ago on internship in this sermon. Here’s my sermon for
Sermon for the second week of Advent, December 10, 2017. (Advent 1 sermon here) This week at St. Peter Lutheran Church, we had the children’s Sunday School Christmas program on Saturday evening serving as our usual Saturday service. Check out
This week, we begin a new year in the church cycle with the first Sunday of Advent. Sermon texts for this week are Isaiah 64:1-9 and Mark 13:24-37. Here’s my sermon for December 3, 2017. Do you ever wonder where