Sermons

John 20. 1-10When loved ones die, we watch for the dawn … together! It’s been one hundred ninety-one days since the national emergency was declared. I didn’t realize it until this week. It was Friday the Thirteenth! The next Sunday…
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Reflecting on the JourneyLove is only love when it’s humble. It sounded so simple, back there, at the beginning. So easy. Shelter in place, for a week or two. Stay at home. We’d flatten the curve and before you knew…
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Romans 14. 1-12The church’s mission – like god’s – is to liberate creation! It’s been one of those weeks! One when I spent most of it sitting at my desk, staring as a blank sheet of paper, having no idea…
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And the Word became flesh …Creation is forever! “Before almighty God to whom you must give account and in the presence of this congregation, will you assume this office believing the church’s call is God’s call to the ministry of…
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Small Catechism, Lord’s Prayer, IntroductionWe can’t get any closer to god than god is to us …Right here! Right now! I was driving back home, the other morning, after livestreaming one more sunrise from Sibley Nature Center. It’s something I…
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Romans 12. 1-8Only god-loving creates us-loving! It was the mid-Sixties. I was ten-years-old, at the time. Ten? Eleven? Twelve? I don’t remember much of the specifics. But what I do remember is that it wasn’t all that different from how…
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Reflecting on the JourneyFirst, we’re loved; then, we love. It was 6:23pm. Mountain Daylight Saving Time. Two Saturdays ago. Sherice and I were in Albuquerque, on our way back home. It was the last night of our vacation and we…
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Romans 10. 5-15Jesus doesn’t invite us to believe.Jesus speaks us to believe. Most of us have seen the painting at one time or another. Hanging on a wall at home. On a wall at the church. Christ at Heart’s Door…
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Romans 9. 1-5The church is created, chosen, and called to lovejust like Jesus. Sometimes, it’s an awkward thing … being a pastor of the E.L.C.A. Being a pastor in this particular denomination … talking about racism. At the beginning of…
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Romans 8. 26-39We were made for each other! Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? You may recognize that as the title of a book from back in the early Eighties. It was written by a conservative rabbi. Harold…
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