Sermon Audio 3/2/2022, Ash Wednesday

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul (in person and live on Zoom)

 

Ash Wednesday, Revised Common Lectionary Year C

 

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17

 

As we return to God amid so much turmoil this Lent, what are the spiritual practices we will engage in to ground ourselves? 

Also worth noting that I started this sermon laughing because the music playing for the childrens' hip hop dance class directly below us had just cranked up to a festive new level. 

 

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Sermon Audio 10/24/2021, 22nd Sunday after Pentecost B

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul (in person and live on Zoom)

 

Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost / Lectionary 30, Revised Common Lectionary Year B

 

Mark 10:46-52

 

When Jesus restores sight to Bartimaeus, we learn both about Jesus and about an unlikely paragon of faith and prayer.  

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Sermon Audio 8/9/2020, 10th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

Matthew 14:13-21

Psalm 85:8-13

God promises good to us, and Jesus shows us a way of caring for ourselves so we can care for others. 

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Sermon Audio 5/13/2018, Seventh Sunday of Easter B

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Seventh Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year B

John 17:6-19 

On his last night with his disciples, after sharing a meal and washing their feet, Jesus prayed about what God had given them. What can Jesus' prayer teach us about what God has given us? 

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Sermon Audio 11/30/2014, Advent 1B

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo

Isaiah 64:1-9

God does awesome deeds we do not expect.

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Sermon Audio 9/22/2013

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo MI

18th Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Luke 16:1-13

Jesus' parable of the dishonest manager may be the most confusing of all Jesus' parables. What can we make of it? Well, I can talk about money, which I'm always happy to do in a sermon. However, I don't think money is where we can learn the most from this story. God calls us to be like the manager in unexpected ways, if we look at this story from a new perspective.

Sermon Audio 2/10/2013

Luke 9:28-36

Transfiguration, Lectionary Year C

In Luke's Gospel, Jesus was praying when he was transfigured. Can prayer transfigure us as well?