Sermon on Law and Gospel for the second Sunday of Pentecost, June 7, 2015. Preached as the penultimate sermon of my Lutheran internship year at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Dubuque, Iowa. This week’s lectionary texts are Mark 3:20-35, Genesis 3:8-15, and Psalm 130. Here’s the
Pentecost Sermon: Waiting in the In-Between
Sermon for the Pentecost Sunday, May 24, 2015. Preached at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, my internship congregation in Dubuque, Iowa. This week’s lectionary texts are John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15, Acts 2:1-21, and Romans 8:22-27. As you will be able to see in the video, I actually
June Church Newsletter: Love, Encourage, Provoke in Ordinary Time
My June, 2015, column for The Bellringer, my internship congregation’s monthly newsletter. Connected to my Pentecost sermon. Ordinary Time Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of
May, 2015, Newsletter Column on Doubt and Faith
My May, 2015, column for The Bellringer, my internship congregation’s monthly newsletter. This column is inspired by my sermon on Doubting Thomas. Easter Doubts and Promises If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your
Sermon: The Lord is My Shepherd
Sermon for the 4th Sunday in Easter, April 26, 2015. Preached at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, my internship congregation in Dubuque, Iowa. This week’s lectionary texts are John 10:11-18, Acts 4:5-12, 1 John 3:16-24, and Psalm 23, and for obvious reasons, this is