Sermon Audio 12/24/2017 Christmas Eve

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Nativity of Our Lord: Christmas Eve

Isaiah 9:2-7

Luke 2:1-20

At Christmas we hear about the Prince of Peace, and attribute that title to Jesus. What is peace? Where do we find it? How does peace fit into God's incarnation in Jesus?

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Sermon Audio 12/10/2017, Second Sunday of Advent B

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Second Sunday of Advent, Lectionary Year B

Mark 1:1-8 

We celebrate a baptism as we read about John the Baptist. What can we learn from these first biblical stories about our own baptisms?

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Sermon Audio 12/3/2017, First Sunday of Advent B

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

First Sunday of Advent, Lectionary Year B

Isaiah 64:1-9

Mark 13:24-37

The readings for the first Sunday of Advent always seem to be about the end of the world, when in fact they are about a new beginning in the usual manner of how God moves the church and the world forward. As our congregation faces financial pressures for 2018, we watch for God to do a new thing in our congregation, and we ask whether we are ready to follow God's lead into new uncertainty. 

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Sermon Audio 11/26/2017 Guest Sermon: Rev. Sarah Friesen-Carper

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

Christ the King Sunday, Lectionary Year A

Matthew 25:31-46 

Our guest preacher today is Rev. Sarah Friesen-Carper, Assistant to the Bishop for Congregational and Leadership Excellence in the North/West Lower Michigan Synod of the ELCA. 

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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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Sermon Audio 11/12/2017, 23rd Sunday after Pentecost A

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

23rd Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year A

Amos 5:18-24 

"But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream." These powerful words from Amos cut through all the madness of our news cycles. If our worship and faith practices do not direct us toward the needs of our neighbors, then who are we really worshiping?

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Sermon Audio 11/5/2017, All Saints Sunday A

Lutheran Church of the Savior, Kalamazoo 

All Saints Sunday, Lectionary Year A

Revelation 7:9-17

1 John 3:1-3 

On All Saints we remember those who have gone before us, even as we look ahead to future generations of believers. Even so, now is the time for us to be the church.

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