I had the joyful privilege this weekend of officiating Erika & Sean Garrigan’s wedding at my home congregation, Ascension Lutheran Church in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Since I was already there on Saturday for the wedding, I was able to also
Today we had the joy of celebrating the baptism of Gabriel Spratt at the 11:00 service. My sermon this weekend focuses on the book of Habakkuk, specifically Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:2-4. I’ve learned a lot about Habakkuk this week, particularly from
When this parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus last came up in the lectionary three years ago, I was all set to preach on it, and then the town of Greene flooded, so I had to rewrite my entire
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
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