Sermon Audio 6/5/2022, Pentecost C

Hope Lutheran Church, gathered for worship on Zoom. 

Pentecost Sunday, lectionary year C

Romans 8:14-17

We are all adopted as children of God and heirs to all that God has given Jesus. So take heart, even though nothing is easy for so many. 

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Sermon Audio roundup May 2022

 Another month goes by and I've failed to post audio of my sermons. Here are three for the last few weeks of May. 

Sunday May 15th Sermon

Acts 11:1-18

"Who was I, that I could hinder God?" 

Sunday May 22nd Sermon

Acts 16:9-15

The fruit of the church planted at Philippi

Sunday May 29th Sermon

Psalm 97

A foolish hope in the face of evil

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Sermon Audio 5/23/2021, Pentecost

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Pentecost Sunday, Lectionary Year B

 

Romans 8:22-27

The Holy Spirit brings us hope, binds us together, and intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words. 

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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 6/16/2019, Holy Trinity C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Holy Trinity Sunday, Lectionary Year C

Psalm 8

What do we know about God? What does God know about us? 

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Sermon Audio 6/9/2019, Pentecost C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Acts 2:1-21

The Holy Spirit is doing things, right now, today. Pentecost is still happening, if we have eyes to see it.

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Sermon Audio 5/20/2018, Pentecost B

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Pentecost Sunday, Lectionary Year B

John 15:26-27, 16:4b-15
Acts 2:1-21 

We trust in the Holy Spirit, just as the church did in its creation at Pentecost. How do we experience the Spirit? What will the Spirit do with us next?  

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Sermon Audio 5/6/2018 Sixth Sunday after Easter B

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Sixth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year B

Acts 10:44-48 

Today's Acts lesson tells how the Holy Spirit descended upon the gentiles of Cornelius' household during Peter's great sermon. God has shown Peter a new thing, and even gentiles receive God's Spirit and thus are full members of Christ's church. Who is to prevent people from knowing the love of God in Jesus? 

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Sermon Audio 1/7/2018, 2nd Sunday after Epiphany B

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Second Sunday after Epiphany, Lectionary Year B

Acts 19:1-7 

In baptism we become members of the body of Christ, the church. In baptism we also receive the Holy Spirit. How can the church follow the Holy Spirit as we seek to live our our baptismal identity as the body of Christ?

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Sermon Audio 6/4/2017, Pentecost - Celebrating 50 Years of Lutheran Church of the Savior

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Pentecost Sunday, Lectionary Year A

Acts 2:1-21 

Today's guest preacher, Rev. Craig A. Satterlee, serves as Bishop of the North/West Lower Michigan Synod of the ELCA. He joined us to help celebrate our Pentecost, 50 years of Lutheran Church of the Savior's ministry. We spent two years preparing for the Holy Spirit to transform our congregation in our Pentecost, and this sermon speaks of some of the fruits the Spirit has already cultivated during this time. We are grateful to Bishop Satterlee for sharing this celebration with us today.  

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Sermon Audio 5/28/2017, Seventh Sunday of Easter A

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Seventh Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year A

Acts 1:6-14 

Before Jesus ascended he left his disciples with a map to follow: Jerusalem, the surrounding region, and to the ends of the earth. He also promised them a guide: the Holy Spirit. As Lutheran Church of the Savior prepares for our big Pentecost celebration next weekend, how have Jesus' final words guided us?

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Sermon Audio 5/21/2017 Sixth Sunday of Easter A

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Sixth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year A

John 14:15-21 

On the night he washed his disciples' feet, Jesus comforted them with the promise that God would always be with them. In doing so he offered an unexpected model for their future ministry. 

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Sermon Audio 1/29/2016, 4th Sunday after Epiphany A

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, Lectionary Year A

Micah 6:1-8

Matthew 5:1-12 

Two of the most famous passages in the Bible tell us how we can worship God and follow Jesus. Justice, kindness, humility and blessing can shape our lives and our response to those around us.

This is one of those days when experiencing the entire liturgy really enhances the experience of the sermon. The prayers, music, and entire liturgy echoed and reinforced the message of the Beatitudes, Micah, and our reading from 1 Corinthians (1:18-31). Our hymn following the sermon was Let Streams of Living Justice (ELW 710), and I could not stop crying through the entire thing because the song so clearly explained the gospel message for today. Below is the text of that hymn, as an example of the rest of our liturgy today.

Sermon Audio 11/23/2016, Thanksgiving C

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Thanksgiving, Lectionary Year C

Deuteronomy 26:1-11 

Our annual Thanksgiving Eve worship is an opportunity to reflect on what God has done for us and on how we live out our thanks to God. This lesson from Deuteronomy offers a ritual and a profession of faith to use when God's people give thanks for all God has done for us.

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Sermon Audio 10/16/2016, 22nd Sunday after Pentecost C

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Third Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Philippians 4:10-20 

Our stewardship season ends with a bang, as expected. Paul's letter to the Philippians, the most generous church in the Bible, is a fitting place to learn how we too can be generous. 

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Sermon Audio 8/28/2016, Acts Sermon Series Week 13

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Acts Sermon Series 2016, Week Thirteen

Acts 26:1-8, 19-23

As we conclude our Summer Sermon Series on the book of Acts, we hear Paul proclaim the risen Christ to the people of Jerusalem. How does the Holy Spirit work through him? 

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Sermon Audio 8/14/2016, Acts Sermon Series Week Eleven

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Acts Sermon Series 2016, Week Eleven

Luke 12:49-56, Acts 20:17-24

Our annual outdoor worship event brought fair weather and a Gospel lesson so challenging that I could not ignore it. Our Acts reading was similar, with Paul uncertain about his future in Jerusalem. Jesus says he came to bring fire and division to the earth. What does this mean?

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Sermon Audio 8/7/2016, Acts Sermon Series Week Ten

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Acts Sermon Series 2016, Week Ten

Acts 19:23-29 

How does the gospel transform us? As individuals? As the church? How does it transform the communities around us? Paul's experience in Ephesus can tell us a lot about what the gospel looks like in the world

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