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
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 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