Sermons

Luke 2. 8-14We believe not in a secondComing, but in the First. The wait – our wait – began four Sundays ago, on the first one of Advent. And if you remember, it began with a bang: O that you…
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Reflecting on the JourneyLove reveals itself in the unexpected, the unusual, and the unknown! The first time I said it, I guess I was trying to be cute. The forty-fourth time? Well, it’s starting to wear. Welcome to the wilderness!…
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John 1. 6-8, 19-28For our sake, god prepares god’s own way! I’ve been doing Advent – as a called and ordained minister – for over three decades, now. And it’s funny. Until this past week, I never noticed a couple…
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Mark 1. 1-8Advent is one more chanceto remain rooted in god’s amazing grace. Every year, it’s – pretty much – the same thing. Sure, the details vary. But overall, from Sunday-to-Sunday and season-to-season, it’s the same. Advent and Christmas. Epiphany….
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Mark 13. 24-37Time begins and ends, for us, at the cross! “But in those days, after that suffering,the sun will be darkened,and the moon will not give its light,and the stars will be falling from heaven,and the powers in the…
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Ephesians 1. 15-23God isn’t up high and far away,but down to earth and close at hand! The title of the movie is Inherit the Wind. Same name as the play. It was released in 1960 in living black-and-white. Spencer Tracy…
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Reflecting on the JourneyBeing ‘Lutheran’ means being rooted in god’s amazing grace! For those of you new to us, who may not know our story, going on two years ago, now, we sold our building of sixty-some years to another…
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1st Thessalonians 4. 13-18The “secondComing” is nothing less thanthe promise of god’s never-ending love! Odds are – if you’re Lutheran … or if you’ve spent much time, at all, around Lutherans – you don’t know much about the end times….
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1st John 3. 1-3Believing – pure and simple – is being loved by god and loving neighbors! We make it all so complicated … this church stuff. It starts out, simple enough. Sing a few songs. Say a prayer or…
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Romans 3. 19-28By grace, god saves; by grace, we save, as well! It was a Thursday, March thirtieth, three years ago. Sherice’s brother’s daughter – our niece – shared a video on Facebook. The title was “The Happiest Countries Have…
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