My May, 2015, column for The Bellringer, my internship congregation’s monthly newsletter. This column is inspired by my sermon on Doubting Thomas. Easter Doubts and Promises If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your
Sermon for the 4th Sunday in Easter, April 26, 2015. Preached at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, my internship congregation in Dubuque, Iowa. This week’s lectionary texts are John 10:11-18, Acts 4:5-12, 1 John 3:16-24, and Psalm 23, and for obvious reasons, this is
Sermon for the 2nd Sunday in Easter, April 12, 2015. Preached in Dubuque, Iowa, at my internship congregation, St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church. This week’s sermon texts are John 19:19-31 and 1 John 1:1-2:2. Here’s the video. Sermon text below. How many people, do you
My April, 2015, column for The Bellringer, my internship congregation’s monthly newsletter. Enjoy! Reaching Out A couple of weeks ago, my wife Christin and I had the privilege of leading a 30 hour famine with some of the youth of our church.
A brief Good Friday sermon for my internship congregation, St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in Dubuque, Iowa. The Good Friday service on April 3, 2015, was a Tenebrae service, so the sermon came at the beginning of the service. After the sermon,