Monday, June 29, 2015

Sermon Audio 6/27/2015, Day of Repentance for Racism and Mourning for Charleston Victims




In response to the massacre at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, we heeded the words of our Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton with a Day of Repentance and Mourning. The alleged shooter is a member of an ELCA congregation, and two of the victims, Hon. Rev. Clementa Pinckney and Rev. Daniel Simmons, were graduates of the ELCA seminary in South Carolina. It should not take these ELCA connections for our churches to rise up for racial justice, and that it did is one of the realities of which we repent. 

Thanks to Rozella White, ELCA Director of Young Adult Ministries; Rev. Meghan Johnston Aelabouni; and President Obama. Each brought us a necessary Word this morning. Links are to the full texts quoted in part in this sermon. 

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Sunday, June 14, 2015

Sermon Audio 6/14/2015 - Acts Sermon Series Week Two


Acts Sermon Series, Week Two / Third Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year B



At my recent continuing education event, I learned about generosity, one of the core values of Lutheran Church of the Savior. What is generosity, and how does it flourish among us?

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Monday, June 8, 2015

Sermon Audio 6/7/2015 - Acts Sermon Series Week One


Acts Sermon Series, Week One


Our sermon series on Acts begins with three things we need to know about the Holy Spirit as we prepare for Pentecost to come to Lutheran Church of the Savior. We begin with Jesus' final promise to his friends, that the Holy Spirit would empower them to do more than they had ever imagined.

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Monday, June 1, 2015

Sermon Audio 5/31/2015 Holy Trinity Sunday


The Holy Trinity, Lectionary Year B


The Holy Trinity helps us to understand how God tries to relate to us. 


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