On November 3/4, 2018, we celebrated the festival of All Saints Day. The texts for this weekend are Revelation 21:1-6a, Isaiah 25:6-9, and John 11:32-44. I was inspired this week by two of the God Pause email devotionals from Rev. Betsy Dart,
This year for Reformation Day #501, we celebrated confirmation with 9 of our high school freshmen, four at the 8:30 service and five at the 11:00 service. With the Saturday service thrown in there as well, that means there are
The sermon text for October 21, 2018, is Mark 10:35-45. In preparing this sermon, I found Pastor Tim Brown’s reflection in the weekly ELCA World Hunger Sermon Starters email helpful. Do any of you know about calling “shotgun”? If you’re in
This week at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa, we celebrated a baptism at the 8:30 service, and had a very cold Sunday School hayride between services. The readings for October 14, 2018, are Hebrews 4:12-16 and Mark 10:17-31.
For Sunday, October 7, 2018, the lectionary texts for the 20th Sunday after Pentecost in Year B include Genesis 2:18-24 and Mark 10:2-16. This sermon was preached at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa. I found this a tricky