Sermon Audio 12/24/2020, Christmas Eve

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Second Sunday of Advent, Lectionary Year B

Luke 2:1-20

Is this the best Christmas ever? 

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Sermon Audio 12/20/2020, 4th Sunday of Advent B

 Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Second Sunday of Advent, Lectionary Year B

Luke 1:26-55

 

Mary's conversation with the angel and the song she sings in response to her conversation with her cousin Elizabeth are among the most powerful witnesses of what it means when God intervenes in our world.

 

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Sermon Audio 12/6/2020, Second Sunday of Advent A

 Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Second Sunday of Advent, Lectionary Year B

 

Isaiah 40:1-11

God's word of comfort to the people exiled in Babylon can be a powerful word to us today.

 

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Sermon Audio 11/29/2020, 1st Sunday of Advent A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Isaiah 64:1-9

 

A new church year starts with a bang, as Isaiah begs, challenges, reminds, wheedles, cajoles, and otherwise engages God in conversation about what God can do for God's people in their time of need.

 

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Sermon Audio 11/15/2020, 24th Sunday after Pentecost A

 Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

 

What can we say about these times? More importantly, how can we spend this time in faithfulness to Jesus?

 

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Sermon Audio 11/8/2020, 23rd Sunday after Pentecost A

 Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Twenty-ThirdSunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Amos 5:18-24

 

What a week to hear Amos' prophetic cry that justice should roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. 

Also, I failed to stop my recording at the end of the sermon this week, so it's not as long as listed here. My apologies. Running our entire Zoom worship off my laptop while leading it is not in any way a sustainable plan. 

 

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Sermon Audio 11/1/2020, All Saints A

 Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

All Saints Sunday, Lectionary Year A

 

Matthew 5:1-12

 

In his famous and powerful teaching known as the Beatitudes, Jesus teaches us the values by which we can live in harmony with one another and with God. The news during this election season throws those values into stark relief, and we see that they are so much more than niceness or pleasant platitudes.

 

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Sermon Audio 10/25/2020, Reformation Sunday

 Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Reformation Sunday, Lectionary Year A

 

John 8:31-36

 

The freedom we receive in Christ is freedom to love and serve our neighbors. 

 

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Sermon Audio 10/18/2020, 20th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Matthew 22:15-22 

Give to God what is God's. Easier said than done, because our relationship to government is complicated as followers of Jesus.

 

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Sermon Audio 10/11/2020, 19th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Mark 4:26-34

One of Jesus' most frightening parables, paired with one of Isaiah's most beautiful visions for the Reign of God: somehow this helps me understand why people in power may need not be afraid of those they oppress. 

 

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Sermon Audio 10.4.2020, 18th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Matthew 21:33-46

 

This time of year our Gospel lessons find Jesus in the temple, arguing with the religious authorities about the Kingdom of God during the final week before his death. Spicy! 

 

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Sermon Audio 9/27/2020, 17th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Ezekiel 18:1-4, 24-32

 

Ezekiel's message to God's people during the time of exile speaks to how we can respond today to our history and current circumstances. This week those circumstances included the charges against the killer of Breonna Taylor, the ongoing pandemic, Rev. Lenny Duncan's call for reparations in the ELCA. 

 

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Sermon Audio 9/20/2020, 16th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Matthew 21:1-16

 

Are you envious because God is generous? Jesus and Jonah show us who God is. 

 

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Sermon Audio 9/13/2020, 15th Sunday after Pentecost A

 Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Romans 14:1-12

 

There is more than one way to follow Jesus, and no one practice of faith is the only one. 

 

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Sermon Audio 9/6/2020, 14th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Romans 13:8-14

Matthew 18:15-20

 

How do we live together? It turns out that maybe our relationships with one another are the hard part of following Jesus. 

 

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Sermon Audio 8/30/2020: Guest Preacher Shelby Condray

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A 

Jeremiah 15:15-21 

Romans 12:9-21 

Matthew 16:21-28 

Our guest preacher for this week, Shelby Condray, is a renaissance man in San Diego with a theological degree from Boston University and a passion for justice as an expression of the Gospel. His reflections on the shooting of Jacob Blake and the deaths of other Black and brown people at the hands of the state intersect with the prophetic words of Jeremiah, Paul, and Jesus to weave a powerful image of what it means for us to take up our cross. Enjoy. 

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Sermon Audio 8/23/2020, 12th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Romans 12:1-8

 

The transformation we experience in Jesus includes a renewed relationship with God, with our neighbors, and with our own bodies.

 

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Sermon Audio 8/9/2020, 10th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

Matthew 14:13-21

Psalm 85:8-13

God promises good to us, and Jesus shows us a way of caring for ourselves so we can care for others. 

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Sermon Audio 8/2/2020, 9th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Matthew 14:13-21

Isaiah 55:1-5

Compassion leads Jesus to feed 5000 men (plus women and children!). We trace that compassion from our reading in Isaiah to today.  

 

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Sermon Audio 7/26/2020, 8th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

Romans 8:26-39

The kingdom of heaven is like... many things. Some of them make more sense than others. 

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Sermon Audio 7/19/2020, 7th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

Romans 8:12-25

Paul writes the good stuff in Romans, and here it is. God's promise of redemption is for our whole selves and the whole creation.

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Sermon Audio 7/12/2020, 6th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Jesus' famous parable of the sower reminds us that we are dirt, in a good way.

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Sermon Audio 6/28/2020, Fourth Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Matthew 10:40-42

 

Welcome, welcome, welcome. Who does the welcoming? How do we follow Jesus?

 

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Sermon Audio 6/21/2020, 3rd Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Third Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Matthew 10:24-39 

 

Today's Gospel lesson includes Jesus bringing not peace, but a sword, as Jesus tells us how to follow him and engage in his work.

 

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Sermon Audio 6/14/2020, 2nd Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Second Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

Matthew 9:35-10:23

Today we enter what the church has called "ordinary time," and it if we are to faithfully follow Jesus in this time it will not be ordinary at all.

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Sermon Audio 5/24/2020, Seventh Sunday of Easter A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Seventh Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year A

1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11

Jesus' baptism teaches us about the grace of God in our own baptisms and throughout our lives.

(This sermon post comes out of order; I will publish four sermons on May 31st, and did today's first before returning to the previous three.)

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Sermon Audio 5/21/2020, Ascension Day

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Ascension Day

Acts 1:1-11

Inspired by Festival of Homiletics preachers Rev. Lenny Duncan and Rev. Dr. William Barber II, I approached this favorite passage from the beginning of Acts with an eye toward the racialized economic and health effects of the current pandemic, and the Holy Spirit's response.

(This sermon post comes out of order; I will publish four sermons on May 31st, and did today's first before returning to the previous three.)

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Sermon Audio 5/17/2020 Sixth Sunday of Easter A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Sixth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year A

John 14:15-21

Today's lectionary gives me a chance to talk about some of my favorite choral music, as an example of the comfort Jesus' promises can bring in this time of pandemic and uncertainty.

(This sermon post comes out of order; I will publish four sermons on May 31st, and did today's first before returning to the previous three.)

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Sermon Audio 5/31/2020, Pentecost

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

Acts 2:1-21

Well, this week our community and then our entire country exploded in civic unrest after Minneapolis police killed George Floyd. In the middle of an ongoing pandemic. What does it mean for us to cry, "Come, Holy Spirit!" on Pentecost on a time like this?

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Sermon Audio 5/3/2020, 4th Sunday of Easter A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Fourth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year A

Psalm 23

Amidst a global pandemic, I was deeply grateful for the opportunity to spend a week focusing on Psalm 23, one of the great biblical texts of comfort and grace.

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Sermon Audio 4/26/2020, 3rd Sunday of Easter A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Third Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year A

Luke 24:13-35

In the iconic story of the resurrected Jesus' walk to Emmaus, we find so many images that shape our life of faith and our worship even today. What can this familiar story teach us about how to follow Jesus in these unprecedented times?

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Sermon Audio 4/19/2020, 2nd Sunday of Easter A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Second Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year A

John 20:19-31

In Jesus' appearance to the disciples in the upper room, he uses very few words to say an enormous amount about what it will mean to follow him after he has gone.

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Sermon Audio 4/12/2020, Easter Sunday

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul
Preached online, live via Zoom

Matthew 28:1-10

As a steady snow fell on Saint Paul, an unexpected group gathered online to celebrate a resurrection unlike any other, on an Easter Sunday unlike any other. What comes next, after death and resurrectino, and after the current crisis of pandemic subsides? Where do we go from here?

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Sermon Audio for Maundy Thursday, April 9 2020

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul
Delivered live via Zoom in online worship

Maundy Thursday

John 13:1-35

I absolutely should know better than to preach over 17 minutes in an online Zoom live worship, but here we are. Because we're missing so much these days - foot washing and Eucharist tonight, at least -  decided to look at the part of our Gospel story that is usually omitted (missing) from our lectionary reading for Maundy Thursday.

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Sermon Audio: February and First Sunday of March 2020

Another sermon catch-up post. I missed recording Transfiguration and Ash Wednesday, so four sermons here.

These sermons all came from Hope Lutheran Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota. To hear this podcast: listen here, use the links below, or use the podcast listener of your choice (iTunes, Google Play Music, Spotify) by searching "Tengwall" or "Reverend Killjoy."


Sunday February 2nd - Fourth Sunday after Epiphany A

Scripture: Micah 6:1-8

Link to Sermon 02/02/2020

Sunday February 9th - Fifth Sunday after Epiphany A

Scripture: Isaiah 58:1-12

Link to Sermon 02/09/2020

Sunday February 16th - Sixth Sunday after Epiphany A

Scripture: Matthew 5:21-37

Link to Sermon 02/16/2020


Sunday March 1st - First Sunday of Lent A

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Link to Sermon 3/1/2020

Sermon Audio catch up day!

So I have failed to post sermon audio since the beginning of December, and today is the day to catch up.

These sermons all came from Hope Lutheran Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota. To hear this podcast: listen here, use the links below, or use the podcast listener of your choice (iTunes, Google Play Music, Spotify) by searching "Tengwall" or "Reverend Killjoy."


Sunday December 8th - 2nd Sunday of Advent A

Scripture: Romans 15:4-13

Link to Sermon 12/8/2019 

Sunday December 15th - 3rd Sunday of Advent A

Scripture: Matthew 11:2-11

Link to Sermon 12/15/2019

Tuesday December 24th - Christmas Eve

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Link to Sermon 12/24/2019

Sunday January 5th - Epiphany (moved to Sunday)

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12

Link to Sermon 1/5/2020

Sunday January 12th - Baptism of Our Lord A

Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17

Link to Sermon 1/12/2020

Sunday January 19th - 2nd Sunday after Epiphany A

Scripture: Isaiah 49:1-7

Link to Sermon 1/19/2020

Sunday January 26th - 3rd Sunday after Epiphany A

Scripture: Matthew 4:12-23

Link to Sermon 1/26/2020