Sermon Audio 9/12/2021, 16th Sunday after Epiphany B

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

 

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost / Lectionary 24, Revised Common Lectionary Year B

 

Mark 8:27-38

 

What did it mean for Jesus to be the Messiah? What does it mean for us to follow him? Here at Hope Church right now, we have a unique opportunity to take up our cross and follow. 

 

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Sermon Audio 6/27/2021, 6th Sunday after Pentecost B

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

IN PERSON!! In our building! Wow!

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost / Lectionary 13, Year B

 

Psalm 30

On this first day back in worship together, in person, in our building, with a baptism and Eucharist, what better scripture to convey the breadth of our feelings than Psalm 30?  

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Sermon Audio 6/13/2021, 3rd Sunday after Pentecost B

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Third Sunday after Pentecost / Lectionary 11, Year B

 

Mark 4:26-34

Jesus' parables of seeds growing into plants don't tell us how God's beloved community grows, but they do tell us that if we trust in God, we will see that growth. 

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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 5/30/2021, Holy Trinity Sunday B

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Holy Trinity Sunday, Lectionary Year B

 

Isaiah 6:1-8 

Isaiah's ministry was formed and informed by the trauma of a king's death, war, and a terrifying holy vision. This famous call of Isaiah looks different in light of the collective trauma we have experienced over the past year, and we may be able to see ourselves in this story in a new way. 

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Sermon Audio 5/23/2021, Pentecost

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

Pentecost Sunday, Lectionary Year B

 

Romans 8:22-27

The Holy Spirit brings us hope, binds us together, and intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words. 

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Sermon Audio5/2/2021, Fifth Sunday of Easter B

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

(gathered via Zoom for live online worship)

 

Fifth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year B

 

1 John 4:7-21

God is love. What does this mean for us? How do we love one another?  

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