I was asked to preach on June 5, 2016, at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Rubicon, Wisconsin. They have a tradition of asking someone who has recently graduated from something to preach on graduation weekend. I’ve been connected with people from St.
This weekend was my first time preaching at the congregation I serve, St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene, Iowa. The sermon text for the week was Luke 10:38-42, the story of Jesus visiting sisters Mary and Martha. Grace and peace
This morning, I had the privilege of being the senior preacher for Wartburg Seminary’s chapel service. My assigned text was Philippians 3:4b-14. After I took preaching class two years ago, I visited my home congregation, and I asked my pastor how he
This sermon is the final project of a four week seminary class on “Preaching Luke.” After leading a text study session on a passage, we were to preach a sample sermon on our given text for our fellow seminarians in
The following are some textual study notes I wrote for a preaching class on Luke 12:13-21, the Parable of the Rich Fool. This text occurs on the 11th Sunday after Pentecost in the Revised Common Lectionary. Go here to read