Church newsletter pastoral column for St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greene, Iowa, for June, 2021. Chosen and Called As Is “You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last,
It’s Trinity Sunday, and in today’s sermon, we’re looking at Isaiah’s dramatic call story in Isaiah 6:1-8 and how understanding God as Trinity helps us understand the God who is calling us. I found helpful this week Will Willimon’s Trinity Sunday
It’s Pentecost Sunday! Today as we honor and send off the graduating seniors from our congregation, we hear Jesus promise his followers that although he will no longer be physically present alongside them, God will still be with them, present
This week, we’re looking at a story in Acts 1 where the apostles had an important decision to make for the early church. Through that story’s lens, Pastor Daniel Flucke explores some criteria for our own faithful decision-making as followers
The greatest love, says Jesus, is to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. And in the life and death of Jesus, we see God’s incomprehensible love for us and for the world. Here’s my sermon for the sixth Sunday