I gave one of several brief reflections on being grounded in gratitude in a time of wilderness as part of this year’s Port Washington and Saukville community ecumenical Thanksgiving service organized by A Place to Be Spirituality Center. Here’s my
This week at St. Peter, we are having a special harvest generosity celebration. For the sermon, I’m looking at the story in Luke 17:11-19 of Jesus healing 10 lepers, but only one of them returning to give thanks. We too
Sermon for Thanksgiving Eve 2017. The texts are the healing of the lepers in Luke 17:11-19 and Deuteronomy 8:7-18. How many of you are familiar with the phrase, “count your blessings”? There’s a classic hymn from 1897 called “Count Your Blessings”
For the Thanksgiving holiday, St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa, held a Thanksgiving Eve worship service on Wednesday evening, November 23, 2016. Our texts for the evening are 1 Thessalonians 5:12-24 and John 6:24-35. Grace to you and peace, from God
My July, 2015, farewell newsletter column for The Bellringer, my internship congregation’s monthly publication. I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your sharing in