Sermon Audio 4/24/2016, Fifth Sunday of Easter

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Fifth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year C

Revelation 21:1-6 

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life." Faithful and confounding and enormously talented, Prince has a lot to teach us about my very favorite thing in the Bible, the vision of the Holy City in Revelation. 

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Sermon Audio 5/3/2015 Fifth Sunday after Easter B

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

1 John 4:7-21

After celebrating the death and resurrection of Jesus over Holy Week and Easter, and after recent events in Baltimore sparked by the death of Freddie Gray, we remember this important fact. We don't get to talk about Jesus without talking about state-sponsored violence.

Based on responses from the congregation, as well as my own impressions, I think this sermon was important enough that I will also share my prepared text below. Of course, the actual sermon as preached varied from the text, and each is its own entity. Unlike most of my sermons I believe there is value in sharing this text alongside the audio of the preached sermon. 

I'd also like to link to an important source for my reflections, as I quoted two of the essays at this link in the sermon. Preaching Reflections of Freddie Gray and Baltimore

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