For a variety of reasons, I swapped this week’s and last week’s lectionary readings, so this week we heard the RCL readings for the 14th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 19. The sermon texts this week were 1 Timothy 1:12-17, Psalm
An Uncomfortable Parable About Money, Motivations, and God – September 15, 2019 Sermon
This weekend at St. Peter was Country Time, our big fall festival turkey dinner. Between carry-outs, deliveries, and dine-in, we served 790 meals in about two hours! Lots of people working together is great to see. For a variety of
Philemon and Demanding Discipleship
On this 13th Sunday after Pentecost, our scripture readings are Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Philemon (the assigned text is Philemon 1:1-21, but we added another 4 verses to our reading to get through the entire book/letter), and Luke 14:25-33. We gave out Deep
Party Etiquette and Humility – September 1, 2019 Sermon
This sermon for Labor Day weekend is a little shorter than usual, as we had our missionary Mary Beth Oyebade here with us on Saturday evening to share about her and her husband Bayo’s work in Nigeria. For a different take
Sermon: Houston Trip Video
This week in worship, we shared a video from our youth summer mission trip to Houston. Before the video, I offered a brief sermon on the day’s scripture readings from Isaiah 58:9b-14 and Luke 13:10-17. The trip video is embedded below.