Sermon Audio roundup May 2022

 Another month goes by and I've failed to post audio of my sermons. Here are three for the last few weeks of May. 

Sunday May 15th Sermon

Acts 11:1-18

"Who was I, that I could hinder God?" 

Sunday May 22nd Sermon

Acts 16:9-15

The fruit of the church planted at Philippi

Sunday May 29th Sermon

Psalm 97

A foolish hope in the face of evil

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Sermon Audio 2/20/2022, 7th Sunday after Epiphany C

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

 

Seventh Sunday after Epiphany, Revised Common Lectionary Year C

 

Luke 6:27-38

 

Mercy.

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Sermon Audio 2/6/2022, 5th Sunday after Epiphany C

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

 

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, Revised Common Lectionary Year C

 

Luke 5:1-11

 

Jesus' disciples left everything and followed him. They trusted in Jesus rather than in what they had known or relied on before.

 

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Sermon Audio 6/6/2021, 2nd Sunday after Pentecost B

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Second Sunday after Pentecost / Lectionary 10, Year B

 

Mark 3:20-35

As demonstrated in today's challenging scriptures from Mark's Gospel and from Genesis, evil and division and mutual enmity break our relationships with each other and with God. But that's not the whole of our story in Jesus.

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Sermon Audio 10.4.2020, 18th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Matthew 21:33-46

 

This time of year our Gospel lessons find Jesus in the temple, arguing with the religious authorities about the Kingdom of God during the final week before his death. Spicy! 

 

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Sermon Audio 8/2/2020, 9th Sunday after Pentecost A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

 

Matthew 14:13-21

Isaiah 55:1-5

Compassion leads Jesus to feed 5000 men (plus women and children!). We trace that compassion from our reading in Isaiah to today.  

 

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Sermon Audio 5/31/2020, Pentecost

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

Acts 2:1-21

Well, this week our community and then our entire country exploded in civic unrest after Minneapolis police killed George Floyd. In the middle of an ongoing pandemic. What does it mean for us to cry, "Come, Holy Spirit!" on Pentecost on a time like this?

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Sermon Audio catch up day!

So I have failed to post sermon audio since the beginning of December, and today is the day to catch up.

These sermons all came from Hope Lutheran Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota. To hear this podcast: listen here, use the links below, or use the podcast listener of your choice (iTunes, Google Play Music, Spotify) by searching "Tengwall" or "Reverend Killjoy."


Sunday December 8th - 2nd Sunday of Advent A

Scripture: Romans 15:4-13

Link to Sermon 12/8/2019 

Sunday December 15th - 3rd Sunday of Advent A

Scripture: Matthew 11:2-11

Link to Sermon 12/15/2019

Tuesday December 24th - Christmas Eve

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Link to Sermon 12/24/2019

Sunday January 5th - Epiphany (moved to Sunday)

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12

Link to Sermon 1/5/2020

Sunday January 12th - Baptism of Our Lord A

Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17

Link to Sermon 1/12/2020

Sunday January 19th - 2nd Sunday after Epiphany A

Scripture: Isaiah 49:1-7

Link to Sermon 1/19/2020

Sunday January 26th - 3rd Sunday after Epiphany A

Scripture: Matthew 4:12-23

Link to Sermon 1/26/2020

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 8/4/2019, 8th Sunday after Pentecost C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Luke 12:13-21

Gun violence. White supremacy. My sermon preparation on money as idolatry did a surprisingly good job of preparing me for the new sermon I had to write on Sunday morning.

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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 5/26/2019, 6th Sunday of Easter C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Sixth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year C

Revelation 21:10, 22--22:5

Revelation! Last week's sermon promised that this week's sermon would help dig us out of the mess of being people trying to follow Jesus in a world of violence and cruelty. No better place to find God's good news for us than these final chapters of Revelation.

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Sermon Audio 5/19/2019, 5th Sunday of Easter C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Fifth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year C

John 13:31-35

Love one another. Jesus' new commandment on his last night with his disciples sounds simple, but our experience tells us it's anything but simple. 

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Sermon Audio 4/28/2019, Second Sunday of Easter C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Second Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year C

John 20:19-31

Anti-Semitism has a long history among white Christians, as white Christians we must do more to stop anti-Semitism long before it leads to violence and death, as it did near San Diego on Saturday. What can our Gospel story of Jesus' appearances to the disciples tell us about how to face this situation?

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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 3/6/2019, Ash Wednesday

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Ash Wednesday

Isaiah 58:1-12

Repent; turn back to Jesus. Remember what God can do with a broken vessel.

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Sermon Audio 3/25/2018, Palm Sunday / Sunday of the Passion B

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Palm Sunday / Sunday of the Passion, Lectionary Year B

John 12:12-19

Mark 15 

Palm Sunday and Sunday of the Passion are a lot to process. On Saturday evening, after I'd gotten the baby to sleep, I sat down and saw that my social media feeds were filled with stories, images, and videos of that day's March for Our Lives. I knew I would need to scrap the sermon I had planned and write a new one to reflect the connection between Jesus' own procession into Jerusalem and the march of 800,000 people led by teens and children in Washington, DC. I opted for a fully scripted sermon, a practice I reserve for rare occasions.

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Sermon Audio 2/14/2018, Ash Wednesday

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Ash Wednesday

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 

In a world ruled by fear, evil, and violence, where is our God? Where are God's people? 

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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 11/19/2017, 24th Sunday after Pentecost A

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

Matthew 25:14-30 

Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

Sometimes life feels like mess after mess, and we are left to trust that through Jesus, God gives grace in a graceless world. 

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