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.)

To hear this podcast: listen here, use this link, or use iTunes or Google Play Music to subscribe or listen by searching "Tengwall," or find it on Spotify by searching "Reverend Killjoy."

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?

To hear this podcast: listen here, use this link, or use iTunes or Google Play Music to subscribe or listen by searching "Tengwall," or find it on Spotify by searching "Reverend Killjoy."

Sermon Audio 5/3/2020, 4th Sunday of Easter A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Fourth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year A

Psalm 23

Amidst a global pandemic, I was deeply grateful for the opportunity to spend a week focusing on Psalm 23, one of the great biblical texts of comfort and grace.

To hear this podcast: listen here, use this link, or use iTunes or Google Play Music to subscribe or listen by searching "Tengwall," or find it on Spotify by searching "Reverend Killjoy."

Sermon Audio 4/26/2020, 3rd Sunday of Easter A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Third Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year A

Luke 24:13-35

In the iconic story of the resurrected Jesus' walk to Emmaus, we find so many images that shape our life of faith and our worship even today. What can this familiar story teach us about how to follow Jesus in these unprecedented times?

To hear this podcast: listen here, use this link, or use iTunes or Google Play Music to subscribe or listen by searching "Tengwall," or find it on Spotify by searching "Reverend Killjoy."

Sermon Audio 4/19/2020, 2nd Sunday of Easter A

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Second Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year A

John 20:19-31

In Jesus' appearance to the disciples in the upper room, he uses very few words to say an enormous amount about what it will mean to follow him after he has gone.

To hear this podcast: listen here, use this link, or use iTunes or Google Play Music to subscribe or listen by searching "Tengwall," or find it on Spotify by searching "Reverend Killjoy."

Sermon Audio 4/12/2020, Easter Sunday

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul
Preached online, live via Zoom

Matthew 28:1-10

As a steady snow fell on Saint Paul, an unexpected group gathered online to celebrate a resurrection unlike any other, on an Easter Sunday unlike any other. What comes next, after death and resurrectino, and after the current crisis of pandemic subsides? Where do we go from here?

To hear this podcast: listen here, use this link, or use iTunes or Google Play Music to subscribe or listen by searching "Tengwall," or find it on Spotify by searching "Reverend Killjoy."

Sermon Audio for Maundy Thursday, April 9 2020

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul
Delivered live via Zoom in online worship

Maundy Thursday

John 13:1-35

I absolutely should know better than to preach over 17 minutes in an online Zoom live worship, but here we are. Because we're missing so much these days - foot washing and Eucharist tonight, at least -  decided to look at the part of our Gospel story that is usually omitted (missing) from our lectionary reading for Maundy Thursday.

To hear this podcast: listen here, use this link, or use iTunes or Google Play Music to subscribe or listen by searching "Tengwall," or find it on Spotify by searching "Reverend Killjoy."