With the annual congregational meeting coming up in three weeks, I’ve decided to take advantage of the lectionary’s three weeks in 1 Corinthians, and do a sermon mini-series on being the body of Christ together. This is week one, and
Sermon for December 26, 2021: Finding Jesus
With Christmas on a Saturday this year, we skipped our regular Saturday evening service at St. Peter. We did have a small Sunday morning service on the day after Christmas, for which I wrote this message about the story of
January 2022 Newsletter Column: 150th Anniversary
Church newsletter pastoral column for St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greene, Iowa, for January, 2022. Entering Our 150th Anniversary Year “Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.” – Psalm 90:1 Happy New Year! As you are hopefully aware, 2022
Newspaper Column: Christmas Perfection
The Greene Recorder has an occasional “Light for Our Path” column on faith and life written by local pastors. Here’s a column I wrote for the issue following Christmas, December 29, 2021. Well, we made it through Christmas. How was
Christmas Day Message: Bringing Good News
Merry Christmas! For Christmas Day, our readings are Isaiah 52:7-10, Psalm 98, Hebrews 1:1-12, and the Christmas Gospel according to John, in John 1:1-14. This sermon continues the same theme as last night’s Christmas Eve sermon. No video or audio