This weekend, I had the joy of presiding at my cousin Melissa’s wedding in Green Bay. Since I was in Wisconsin already, I was asked (by my mom, who’s on the church council) to provide pulpit supply for the weekend
It’s Pentecost! We tried something new this weekend at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, moving to a single combined worship service for Sunday mornings rather than our usual two split services. This week was our first “blended service” and
For this 7th Sunday of Easter on May 28, 2017, our worship texts are John 17:1-11 and Acts 1:6-14, the Ascension of Jesus. I came across the story of Pastor John Harper here, and found Bishop Mike Rinehart’s exploration of the
This weekend at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa, we celebrated the graduation of 5 seniors from our congregation. On this 6th Sunday of Easter in lectionary year A, our texts are Acts 17:22-31 and John 14:15-21, a continuation of
For May 14, 2017, the fifth Sunday of Easter in lectionary year A, the Gospel reading is John 14:1-14. We also read Psalm 31:1-8. Although I don’t post funeral sermons online, I’ve preached four sermons on this John 14 text