Sermon Audio 4/18/2021, 3rd Sunday of Easter B

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Third Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year B

Luke 24:36b-48

"You are witnesses of these things." Jesus' words to his disciples look different after all we have witnessed in our community and our nation this week.

 

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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 9/8/2019, 13th Sunday after Pentecost C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Luke 14:25-33

How do we count the cost when following Jesus? 

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Sermon Audio 6/23/2019, 2nd Sunday after Pentecost C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Luke 8:26-39

The United States government is keeping children in cages at our Southern border, tearing families apart and inflicting untold horror on children as a coercive deterrent to convince other Central American families not to seek asylum here. The gospel of Jesus Christ stands in opposition to this normalized, rationalized cruelty and evil.

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Sermon Audio 2/25/2018, 2nd Sunday of Lent B

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Second Sunday of Lent, Lectionary Year B

Genesis 7:1-7, 15-16 

God's covenant with Abraham and Sarah is the beginning of a relationship that affects our lives, churches, and geopolitical situation to this day. What does this covenant teach us about following Jesus together?

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Sermon Audio 9/10/2017, 14th Sunday after Pentecost A

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

Matthew 18:15-20 

Jesus' famous method for dealing with conflict ends with one of his most comforting promises. When we dig deeper, what is Jesus promising to us?

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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 2/7/2016, Transfiguration of Our Lord C

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo [Link to https://www.facebook.com/LutheranChurchOfTheSavior]

Transfiguration of Our Lord, Lectionary Year C

2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 

Paul accuses his opponents in Corinth of wearing a veil to keep themselves from being transformed by an encounter with Jesus. What can we learn from this critique? Are we open to having our lives transformed by Jesus? 

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Sermon Audio 1/31/2016 4th Sunday after Epiphany C

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo [Link to https://www.facebook.com/LutheranChurchOfTheSavior]

4th Sunday after Epiphany, Lectionary Year C

Jeremiah 1:4-10

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Luke 4:21-30 

Presidential election season is upon us. Lord have mercy! In some ways this process brings out the worst in us, so we turn to Jesus (and Jeremiah, and Paul) to help us figure out how to engage in a helpful way. 

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Sermon Audio 12/24/2015 Christmas Eve

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Nativity of Our Lord I - Christmas Eve

Luke 2:1-20

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Peace is one of the central themes of Christmas, from the title Prince of Peace in Isaiah to the angel's declaration of peace on earth to the shepherds. So why does the story of Jesus' birth also include one of the least-peaceful names in our world today?

Sermon Audio 4/2/2015 Maundy Thursday

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

"Love one another" is Jesus' most powerful, challenging command to his disciples. He gives this new commandment during his final meal with them. How can we follow such a simple, complicated commandment? In this meal Jesus shows us how to love one another. 

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Sermon Audio 9/7/2014, 13th Sunday after Pentecost A

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo

Matthew 18:15-20

As we kicked off our program year with Sunday School, "God's Work. Our Hands." Sunday and more, today's Gospel lesson challenged us to be honest about the challenges and conflict that come with being an active community with diverse goals. How does Jesus instruct us to manage conflict? How have we managed conflict in our congregation, and how can we do it better? For starters, I am proud to introduce my favorite communication and conflict management model, the Role Renegotiation Model (believe me, it's so much better than the name), and its practical partner, the Pinches and Praises box. Because Jesus is with us, we can be bold to trust one another with our honest concerns.

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