It’s Transfiguration Sunday! Through stories about Elijah and Elisha and Jesus’ transfiguration, we’re looking at the grief and loss that inevitably go with change. Thank you to Pastor Gretchen Mertes from Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church in Seattle for permission to
In preparation for our (rescheduled) congregational annual meeting today, today we’re looking at two questions: What is our message, and how do we proclaim it? Here’s my sermon for the 5th Sunday of Epiphany, on Isaiah 40:21-31, 1 Corinthians 9:16-23,
This sermon was prepared and recorded with the expectation that this would be our congregation’s annual meeting. Unfortunately, due to winter weather, we postponed the meeting to next week and had only online worship (although we did still celebrate Oliver
In today’s online worship service, we hear Mark’s account of John baptizing Jesus, and explore how in Jesus, our cries to God to “tear open the heavens and come down” are answered. In the midst of life’s chaos, our hope
On this last Sunday of Advent, we’re looking at the call and response of Mary to see how God is disrupting the world through Christmas. Here’s the online worship service for the 4th Sunday of Advent, December 20, 2020. The