This year for our ecumenical midweek Lenten worship series, we are focusing on the Lord’s Prayer, looking at one or two lines per week, influenced by the devotional book The Lord’s Prayer for Lent, by Vern Gundermann (available for Kindle on
It’s Transfiguration Sunday! Through stories about Elijah and Elisha and Jesus’ transfiguration, we’re looking at the grief and loss that inevitably go with change. Thank you to Pastor Gretchen Mertes from Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church in Seattle for permission to
In preparation for our (rescheduled) congregational annual meeting today, today we’re looking at two questions: What is our message, and how do we proclaim it? Here’s my sermon for the 5th Sunday of Epiphany, on Isaiah 40:21-31, 1 Corinthians 9:16-23,
This sermon was prepared and recorded with the expectation that this would be our congregation’s annual meeting. Unfortunately, due to winter weather, we postponed the meeting to next week and had only online worship (although we did still celebrate Oliver
After two months of online-only worship services, January 23 & 24 were our first services back in the church building since early November! In today’s sermon, we’re looking at the second part of the story of Jonah, chapters three and