In this third week of Advent, John the Baptist calls for repentance. The crowds that hear him agree that change is needed, but they wonder, “What should we do?” Looking at the brokenness in the world around us, we wonder
The season of Advent is about preparing the way for Jesus. In this time of waiting, we prepare our hearts to receive the King of Kings as he comes to us as a little child. There’s a paradox as we
This year’s Advent theme this year is “Grace-Filled Beginnings” (a resource from the ELCA’s Western North Dakota Synod based on John Stevens’ Advent devotional book Grace-Filled Beginnings)and over these next four weeks, we’ll be exploring the significance of God’s grace
This week’s sermon is a bit different than usual. For Reign of Christ / Christ the King Sunday this year (the final Sunday of the church year), I adapted a worship service outline from Pr. Melissa Woeppel that I’d saved
In this 2024 sermon on Mark 13, I look at some gloomy-sounding predictions from Jesus about the future. Buildings will be destroyed, nations will rise against nations, there will be famines, earthquakes, and similar apocalyptic happenings. It’s a scary prophecy