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
Thanks to 2020, I got way behind in posting sermons, so it’s mid-October as I’m posting this sermon from February 23. At the time, I was back from parental leave and ready to focus on leading our congregation to improve
This week’s sermon is on Matthew 5:21-37. I found Marcia Y. Riggs commentary in Feasting on the Word, Year A, Volume 1 helpful, especially page 356. Here’s the sermon: This is our third week in a row looking at Matthew
Today’s sermon for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany in RCL Year A is based on Matthew 5:13-20 and 1 Corinthians 2:1-16. Essays this week in Feasting on the Word, Year A, Volume 1 were helpful, as well as Bethany Ringdal’s