Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul (in person and live on Zoom)
First Sunday of Lent, Revised Common Lectionary Year C
In this "opportune" time, what are we to do?
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Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul (in person and live on Zoom)
Third Sunday after Epiphany, Revised Common Lectionary Year C
A sermon focused on "today" based on Jesus' proclamation that "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing" takes a different direction when the day is dramatically changed by tragic news.
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Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul (in person and live on Zoom)
Second Sunday after Epiphany, Revised Common Lectionary Year C
John 2:1-11
In the rituals we share as Christians, God uses ordinary things to do the extraordinary.
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Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul (in person and live on Zoom)
Second Sunday of
Advent, Revised Common Lectionary Year C
Luke 1:68-79
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Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul (in person and live on Zoom)
All Saints Sunday, Revised Common Lectionary Year B
At the end of our Bible, God promises to make all things new. Death and mourning and crying and pain remain with us, even as God promises they will be no more. We trust in God's promise.
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Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul (in person and live on Zoom)
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost / Lectionary 24, Revised Common Lectionary Year B
Mark 8:27-38
What did it
mean for Jesus to be the Messiah? What does it mean for us to follow him? Here
at Hope Church right now, we have a unique opportunity to take up our cross and
follow.
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Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul
IN PERSON!! In our building! Wow!
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost / Lectionary 13, Year B
On this first day back in worship together, in person, in our building, with a baptism and Eucharist, what better scripture to convey the breadth of our feelings than Psalm 30?
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Hope
Lutheran Church, Saint Paul
(gathered
via Zoom for live online worship)
Holy Trinity Sunday, Lectionary Year B
Isaiah 6:1-8
Isaiah's ministry was formed and informed by the trauma of a king's death, war, and a terrifying holy vision. This famous call of Isaiah looks different in light of the collective trauma we have experienced over the past year, and we may be able to see ourselves in this story in a new way.
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Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul
(gathered
via Zoom for live online worship)
Pentecost Sunday, Lectionary Year B
The Holy Spirit brings us hope, binds us together, and intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words.
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Hope
Lutheran Church, Saint Paul
(gathered
via Zoom for live online worship)
Fourth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year B
Our second lesson from First John gives us a powerful vision of what it can look like to live out the love of God we have received in Jesus. How can the lessons of that community so long ago shape our church's faithful response today?
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Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul
(gathered
via Zoom for live online worship)
Third Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year B
"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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Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul
(gathered
via Zoom for live online worship)
Resurrection of Our Lord: Easter Sunday, Lectionary Year B
Death is real, and so is resurrection. Even in this time of pandemic, you are not alone.
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Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul
(gathered
via Zoom for live online worship)
Maundy Thursday
Jesus' last evening with his disciples is filled with important moments. It is a night that weighs heavily on followers of Jesus, but we are not alone in carrying that weight.
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Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul
(gathered
via Zoom for live online worship)
Fourth Sunday of Lent, Lectionary Year B
Today's lesson
from Ephesians gives us a clear and concise description of the power of God's
grace in our lives.
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Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul
(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)
First Sunday of Lent, Lectionary Year B
God's covenant
with Noah and all animals serves as an early indication of God's unending
grace.
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Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul
(gathered
via Zoom for live online worship)
Second Sunday of Advent, Lectionary Year B
No matter how
far we have felt from the mountaintop this past year, Jesus is here with us. He
came down from the mountain for us.
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Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul
(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, Lectionary Year B
In our Gospel story today, after Jesus heals many and casts out demons at Peter's house, Peter tells Jesus "everyone is searching for you." Today, again, everyone is searching for something. How can we be the body of Christ for one another in times like these?
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Hope
Lutheran Church, Saint Paul
(gathered
via Zoom for live online worship)
Baptism of Our Lord, Lectionary Year B
In light of the
cross and the noose erected on the grounds of our nation's Capitol building
this week, we looked into Dr. James Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree to
help us make sense of Christianity in America today before diving back into the
baptism and repentance of our scripture for today.
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Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul
(gathered
via Zoom for live online worship)
Second Sunday of Advent, Lectionary Year B
Is this the best Christmas ever?
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Hope
Lutheran Church, Saint Paul
(gathered
via Zoom for live online worship)
Twentieth
Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A
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