Sermons

Reflecting on the JourneyLove never waits, it goes! The story – our story – began, seventy years ago. When, after the war, a group of Lutherans from the Hill Country came to the Basin. Within a few years, a pastor…
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Matthew 6. 1-6, 16-21It’s not the alms or the prayers or the fasting that make lent. It’s the love – god’s love! It’s been circulating around cyberspace, for a couple of years now. You might have seen it. It’s a…
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Mark 9. 2-9Transfiguration is when we see, when we hear, only Jesus! Each year, every year, seven weeks before Easter, we celebrate the same thing. The Transfiguration of Our Lord. We tell – retell – the old, old story. Last…
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Mark 1. 29-39We are loved … and everything else will take care of itself! “Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.” Matthew, chapter seven, verse…
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Small Catechism, the Table of DutiesWe’re all servants! Of god! And of each other! Looking back, I think it began sometime after the first Gulf War. 1991. 1992. When the troops were returning home. We remembered how the country treated…
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Mark 1. 14-20Fishing for people is loving them … just like Jesus! I’d never heard of the man, before. Not until I stumbled over a quote, a couple years back. Terry Pratchett. English humorist, satirist, author. And the words were…
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Reflecting on the JourneyThe church proclaims Christ, cross, and love! Today’s sermon has been months in the making! In fact, I’ve started it four or five times, already. But for one reason or another, I’d set it aside, each time,…
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Mark 1. 4-11Baptism is Christ, Cross, and Charity| It’s called ”The Duck Test.” When we begin with an observation or two or three and, then, look for the simplest, most likely conclusion. In other words … if it looks like…
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John 1. [1-9] 10-18Being loved sets us free to become who we’ve always been! In church time, it’s still Christmas. This year, this is the tenth day. And according to the song, the gift is leaping lords! That leaves pipers…
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Luke 2. 22-40Jesus isn’t given to god by us. He’s given to us by god! Well, another Christmas come and gone! Theoretically, though, today is the third day of Christmas and, as I said earlier, the gift du jour is…
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