Sermon for the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany, January 18, 2015. Preached at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in Dubuque, Iowa. Texts for this sermon are 1 Samuel 3:1-10 and John 1:43-5. Sermon video (Note that we were having some sound issues this weekend,
For the first Sunday after Christmas (December 28, 2014), we had a hymnsing Sunday, and I tried something a little different for the sermon. I used the lectionary texts, but instead of doing all the readings and then a sermon, I
My very first Christmas Day sermon. Given on December 25, 2014, at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in Dubuque, Iowa. The Christmas Day lectionary Gospel text is John 1:1-14. Grace and peace from the One who has come to dwell with us. I
My January, 2015, column for The Bellringer, the monthly newsletter of my internship congregation (St. Peter Lutheran Church in Dubuque, Iowa). Enjoy! Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. – 1 Corinthians 12:27 At a recent confirmation class, we
My sermon for the third Sunday of Advent, Year B, at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in Dubuque, Iowa, given on December 14, 2014. This week’s texts are Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24, and John 1:6-8, 19-28. To get the full effect of this sermon, you