Give to the emperor what is the emperor’s, and give to God what is God’s—and what is not God’s? Being made in God’s image has implications for how we use the gifts God has trusted to us (stewardship), how we
This Sunday’s sermon is an update to my 2020 sermon on this text, Vineyard Vengeance, for which I found helpful Michael Renninger’s sermon here and David Lose’s reflection here. This sermon looks at connections between a fascinating parable from Jesus
Here’s my sermon for my second time being involved with a polka worship service! The service includes the Lutheran liturgy set to a variety of polka tunes arranged and led by musicians from our congregation here at Christ the King
This week, we wrap up the Practicing Faith sermon series on the five baptismal covenants by exploring God’s call for Jesus’ followers to “Strive for justice and peace in all the earth.” This is the fifth and final week of
As we continue our series Practicing Faith, today’s topic is our call to “Serve all people, following the example of Jesus.” Our Scripture readings for the day are Mark 10:42-45, Psalm 25:1-10, Philippians 2:3-8, and Matthew 22:34-40. This is week