Second Sunday of EasterLectionary Year BApril 7th, 2024Trinity Lutheran Church, Lindstrom MNActs 4:32-35

Easter SundayLectionary Year BMarch 31st, 2024Trinity Lutheran Church, Lindstrom, Minnesota

Maundy ThursdayLectionary Year BThursday March 28th, 2024Trinity Lutheran Church, Lindstrom, Minnesota

Palm SundayLectionary Year BSunday, March 24th, 2024Trinity Lutheran Church, Lindstrom, MinnesotaIt's been too long since I shared sermons on here, so I thought I'd share my Holy Week sermons from this year, Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, and Easter Sunday. It was a good week.

Fifth Sunday of Lent, Revised Common Lectionary Year AJohn 11:1-45I haven't been posting audio recordings of my sermons at Trinity because I'm busy and they're already on YouTube somewhere. I wanted to make an exception for this week since I got to talk about a song I really like, Tomorrow, Wendy by Concrete Blonde. I think people want to hear it.

Second Sunday of Advent Revised Common Lectionary Year AMatthew 3:1-12On my first Sunday in my new gig as Interim Senior Pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lindstrom, MN, I got to compare myself favorably to John the Baptist and connect our interim time to the season of Advent.

Reformation Sunday, Revised Common LectionaryPsalm 46On this Reformation Sunday, Hope Lutheran Church held our final worship together. Joined by loved ones and friends old and new, we shared the good news together. Here is the sermon that was part of our celebration.

Lectionary 30 / 20th Sunday after Pentecost, Revised Common Lectionary CLuke 18:9-14The prayers of the Pharisee and the tax collector can tell us a lot about ourselves and how we relate to God and one another.

Lectionary 29 / 19th Sunday after Pentecost, Revised Common Lectionary Year CLuke 18:1-18Jesus' reassurance to his followers to not lose heart can be as helpful to us today as it was when he first told them this parable about the persistent woman.

Lectionary 28 / 18th Sunday after Pentecost, Revised Common Lectionary Year CLuke 17:11-19In this sermon immediately prior to the special congregational meeting in which Hope Lutheran Church voted to close and dissolve our congregation and give away our remaining funds, the story of Jesus healing ten men with skin disease helps us remember how thankfulness stands at the heart of the choices we are making.

Lectionary 25 / 15th Sunday after Pentecost, Revised Common Lectionary Year CLuke 16:1-13Jesus' enigmatic parable about a manager, a rich man, and some debtors provides an unexpectedly helpful lens for making sense of the ongoing changes to our congregation.

Lectionary 24 / 14th Sunday after Pentecost, Revised Common Lectionary Year C Luke 15:1-10Jesus' stories of the lost sheep and the lost coin remind us of the basics.

13th Sunday after Pentecost / Lectionary 23, Revised Common Lectionary Year CLuke 14:25-33When Jesus scares us with stark exhortations, we remember that the church moves forward by death and resurrection

Luke 14:1, 7-14This week's lectionary readings spoke directly to our national conversation about debt. It's not easy to follow Jesus in an unfair world striving for fairness.

Lectionary 20 / 10th Sunday after Pentecost, Revised Common Lectionary Year CLuke 12:49-56Jesus was not nice.

Lectionary 18, 8th Sunday after Pentecost, Revised Common Lectionary Year CLuke 12:12-21Why does Jesus talk about money so much? Why do we talk about money so much?

Lectionary 16 / 6th Sunday after Pentecost, Revised Common Lectionary Year CColossians 1:15-28Jesus is Christ of the whole world

Lectionary 15 / 5th Sunday after Pentecost, Revised Common Lectionary Year CLuke 10:25-37What must I do to inherit eternal life? How did this question lead to Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan?

Lectionary 14 / 4th Sunday after Pentecost, Revised Common Lectionary Year CLuke 10:1-11, 16-20A sermon for this day

Hope Lutheran Church Sermon Audio 6/26/2022Third Sunday after Pentecost, Revised Common Lectionary Year CGalatians 5:1, 13-25Sometimes the news of the day frames the way we need to share the gospel. Freedom and bodily autonomy and loving our neighbor. It's a lot.