Over the last week, I spent four days serving as a spiritual director at a BadgerTEC (Teens Encounter Christ) weekend in Wisconsin, then five days in Atlanta for the first ever ELCA Rostered Minister’s Gathering. This sermon from the weekend
I spent this last week with Christin on our congregation’s youth mission trip. We went once again to Chicago with CSM (highly recommended if you’re interested in short-term urban mission experience!) and we had a great time. That meant that
This week, my wife Christin and I are leaving right after Sunday’s worship service for a week-long mission trip through CSM in Chicago. Sunday’s service includes a sending for the mission trip group. The lectionary texts this week include Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43,
This week’w sermon for July 16, 2017 (my birthday!) is on the Parable of the Sower (or possibly the Parable of the Soil?) in Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 as well as Isaiah 55:10-13. We just finished VBS at St. Peter, so
The sermon texts for July 9, 2017, the fifth Sunday after Pentecost in Year A are Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30; Psalm 145:8-14; and Romans 7:15-25a. The pictures shown were projected during the service. Inspiration from Dr. David Lose. Grace and peace from