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.)

To hear this podcast: listen here, use this link, or use iTunes or Google Play Music to subscribe or listen by searching "Tengwall," or find it on Spotify by searching "Reverend Killjoy."

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.)

To hear this podcast: listen here, use this link, or use iTunes or Google Play Music to subscribe or listen by searching "Tengwall," or find it on Spotify by searching "Reverend Killjoy."

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?

To hear this podcast: listen here, use this link, or use iTunes or Google Play Music to subscribe or listen by searching "Tengwall," or find it on Spotify by searching "Reverend Killjoy."

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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