Sermon Audio 3/13/2022, Lent 2C

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

Second Sunday of Lent, Revised Common Lectionary Year C

 

Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18

 

God's promise of descendants to Abraham is also a promise to Hope Church today. 

 

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Sermon Audio 11/14/2021, 25th Sunday after Pentecost B

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

 

25th Sunday after Pentecost / Lectionary 33, Revised Common Lectionary Year B

 

Mark 13:1-8

With our final Mark reading of the lectionary year, we find the disciples still failing to follow Jesus faithfully, and Jesus still making promises that God will reward our faith even as the sky seems to be falling around us.  

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Sermon Audio 2/21/2021, First Sunday of Lent B

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

First Sunday of Lent, Lectionary Year B

 

Genesis 9:8-17

 

God's covenant with Noah and all animals serves as an early indication of God's unending grace.

 

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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 7/19/2020, 7th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

Romans 8:12-25

Paul writes the good stuff in Romans, and here it is. God's promise of redemption is for our whole selves and the whole creation.

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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 8/11/2019, 9th Sunday after Pentecost C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Genesis 15:1-6

God's promise to Abraham is such good news. In our church, locally and nationally, we also heard some good news this week. What is God telling us? 

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Sermon Audio 3/17/2019, 2nd Sunday of Lent C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Second Sunday of Lent, Lectionary Year C

Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18

Luke 12:31-35

God's promise to Abram in Genesis 15 is one of the great moments in the history of God's people. This week we could not talk about God's promise without reference to the mosque attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, and about the American-born white supremacy that inspired those attacks. How do we hear God's promise alongside such race- and religion-based violence?

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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 3/12/2017, Third Sunday of Lent A

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Third Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

Genesis 12:1-4a 

In today's first reading, God begins a  relationship with Abram and Sarai that will forever shape God's relationship with all of humanity. God's command to become an immigrant comes with some of the most important promises God has ever made.

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