For 40 days in the wilderness, Jesus resisted temptation on the strength of his baptism. Where do you find the strength to persevere in the wilderness? Here’s my sermon for the first Sunday in Lent on Mark 1:9-15 looking at baptismal
It’s Palm Sunday! In this online worship service and sermon, we’re looking at the story of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem in Matthew 21:1-11. Helpful resources for me were Jonathan Merritt at Christianity Today, David Lose at In the Meantime,and this
This week was my first time putting together a “full” online worship service, something I continued doing for about two months. This service is for the 5th Sunday in Lent, March 29, 2020, and the text for the sermon is
A “socially distanced” worship service during a time of pandemic for St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa. March 22 is the fourth Sunday in Lent, and our readings are Psalm 23 and John 9:1-15, the story of Jesus healing
Wednesday, March 18, would have been our fourth midweek Lenten service and it was my turn to preach. As it turned out, this was the first of a great many church events forced by the pandemic to move online. So,