This year, Epiphany conveniently falls on a Sunday, so this weekend we’re talking about the arrival of the Magi. Today’s readings are Isaiah 60:1-6, Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14, and Matthew 2:1-12. Much of this sermon is based on Martin Luther’s sermon
Drop Your Nets and Follow – January 21, 2018 Sermon
The texts for today’s sermon for this third Sunday after Epiphany at St. Peter Lutheran Church are Mark 1:14-20 and Jonah 3:1-5, 10. I found helpful this 2015 reflection from David Lose, and the idea of the nets was modified from today’s
Can Anything Good Come from Nazareth? January 14, 2018, Sermon
For this second after Epiphany, the lectionary texts I preached on are John 1:43-51 and Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18. Here’s my sermon for St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa, for January 14, 2018. Thomas B. Slater’s commentary on Working Preacher
Baptism of Christ Sermon – January 7, 2018
For this first weekend of 2018, our topic in worship is the Baptism of Christ, as found in Mark 1:4-11. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. If you follow church on
Telling the Story – Church Newsletter Column January, 2017
My church newsletter pastor’s column for St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greene, Iowa, for January, 2017. Telling the Old, Old Story Anew “I love to tell the story I’ll sing this theme in glory And tell the old, old story Of Jesus