Church newsletter pastoral column for St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greene, Iowa, for January, 2019. New Beginnings So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! – 2 Corinthians 5:17
Church newsletter pastoral column for St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greene, Iowa, for December, 2018. An Abundant Advent As it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare
Here’s the sermon for February 3, 2019. The texts for this week are Luke 4:21-30 and Jeremiah 1:4-10. The most nervous I’ve ever been before a sermon was when I was in seminary, the night before I preached at Ascension
This Sunday we had a joint worship service followed by our annual meeting. The readings for this week are Isaiah 62:1-5 (read via video by Mary Beth Oyabade, a missionary we sponsor in Nigeria), a sung paraphrase of Psalm 36, 1 Corinthians
The Gospel reading for Sunday, January 13, 2019, is Luke 3:15-17, 21-22. Our other readings this week include Isaiah 43:1-7 and Psalm 29. I found inspiration from Christine Hallenbeck Ask’s GodPause devotional on January 11, 2019, and David Lose’s Working Preacher commentary