Sermon Audio 12/20/2020, 4th Sunday of Advent B

 Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Second Sunday of Advent, Lectionary Year B

Luke 1:26-55

 

Mary's conversation with the angel and the song she sings in response to her conversation with her cousin Elizabeth are among the most powerful witnesses of what it means when God intervenes in our world.

 

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Sermon Audio 1/28/2018, 4th Sunday after Epiphany B

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, Lectionary Year B

Mark 1:21-28 

In Mark's Gospel, Jesus' first public act is to teach in the synagogue and set a person free from an unclean spirit. Can we recognize and confront evil like Jesus did? 

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Sermon Audio 6/12/2016, Acts Sermon Series Week Two

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Acts Sermon Series 2016, Week Two

2Samuel 11:26--12:10, 13-15

Luke7:36--8:3

Already the Holy Spirit is messing with us this summer, as I've decided to forgo this week's Acts reading in favor of talking about rape culture. From the time David "took" Bathsheba, to the time an unnamed "sinful" woman washed Jesus' feet, and even until this very day, men have systemically treated women as less than fully human. There is good news in this sermon, but not before a long and difficult talk on sexism and sexual assault. 

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Sermon Audio 6/30/2013

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Galatians 5:1, 13-25

Fornication! Circumcision! Castration, even! Keeping it lively this week, that's for sure. This sermon is indebted to the sermon I preached three years ago on this same lectionary date, but that sermon was at the Benson High School All-School Reunion in my hometown in Minnesota. It's far from the same sermon, but they share a spirit and a framework, and a couple of references. And since that sermon three years ago was pretty awesome, I feel good about this one as well.