Sunday, March 15, 2020, was our last “normal” worship service before the pandemic hit in force. Looking back, parts of this sermon are (charmingly?) naive, but I do still appreciate the words from Martin Luther with which I concluded this
Sunday, March 1, 2020 is the second Sunday in Lent of RCL Year A. Today’s sermon touches on all four readings, which are Genesis 12:1-4a; Psalm 121; Romans 4:1-5, 13-17; and John 3:1-17. Grace and peace to you from God
Sunday, March 1, 2020, is the first Sunday in Lent, and the gospel reading is Matthew 4:1-11, the temptation of Jesus. In writing this sermon, I found helpful this commentary from Elle Dowd, and this devotional from James Boyce. Let
My sermon for this year’s Ash Wednesday worship service includes three sermon moments, all based off of Jill Duffield’s book cited below, which we planned to use for all our community Lent services this year. Her article here was also
Church newsletter pastoral column for St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greene, Iowa, for March, 2019. An Uncertain Lent Immediately the father of the child cried out, “I believe; help my unbelief!” – Mark 9:24 If there’s one thing to be learned from