This Sunday was our congregation’s big fall fundraising meal, at which we served 793 turkey dinners (41 turkeys!). That meant we had a larger Saturday service, and a single very small Sunday morning service. The sermon texts from the lectionary
For September 10, 2017, the 14th Sunday after Pentecost in RCL Year A, my sermon text is Matthew 18:15-20. Other readings for the day are Romans 13:8-14, Psalm 119:33-40, and Ezekiel 33:7-11. As usual, this reflection from David Lose is worth
Happy Labor Day weekend! Today’s sermon for St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa, is about one of my favorite Bible characters, Peter. Two sources to credit this week for inspiration: First, the God Pause devotional from September 1, by
Last week at St. Peter Lutheran Church, we tried a little bit different format for the worship service based the Faith5. For the “sermon” we watched the mission trip video from the Chicago mission trip a few weeks ago. It
Over the last week, I spent four days serving as a spiritual director at a BadgerTEC (Teens Encounter Christ) weekend in Wisconsin, then five days in Atlanta for the first ever ELCA Rostered Minister’s Gathering. This sermon from the weekend