February 23 & 24, 2019, was supposed to be the second week of my “PRAY Like Jesus” series. Unfortunately, due to absolutely ridiculous Iowa winter weather including a blizzard warning, we cancelled worship for this weekend. That did give me
February 16/17 is the first week of my first-ever sermon series: “PRAY Like Jesus.” Each week, we’re looking at a section of the Lord’s Prayer and a letter from the acronym PRAY. For week 1, our topic is Praise. As part
Here’s the sermon for February 3, 2019. The texts for this week are Luke 4:21-30 and Jeremiah 1:4-10. The most nervous I’ve ever been before a sermon was when I was in seminary, the night before I preached at Ascension
This Sunday we had a joint worship service followed by our annual meeting. The readings for this week are Isaiah 62:1-5 (read via video by Mary Beth Oyabade, a missionary we sponsor in Nigeria), a sung paraphrase of Psalm 36, 1 Corinthians
The Gospel reading for Sunday, January 13, 2019, is Luke 3:15-17, 21-22. Our other readings this week include Isaiah 43:1-7 and Psalm 29. I found inspiration from Christine Hallenbeck Ask’s GodPause devotional on January 11, 2019, and David Lose’s Working Preacher commentary