

The Choice Between Fear and Joy
A sermon on Matthew 2:1-12 for an audio recording of this sermon, click here. Photo by James on Unsplash One of the core concepts in Lutheran teaching is the Theology of the Cross. When I ask what people think this refers to in the New Member’s class, I usually get some version of connecting the cross to the means of salvation, but this theological concept is not about salvation; it’s about revelation. It teaches us that on the cross God offers us the most complete expressi


Who Gets To See Restoration
A sermon on John 2:1-11 [for an audio recording of this sermon, click here . Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash.] This past Wednesday...


Reflection on Following
A sermon on Matthew 2:1-12. For an audio recording, click here. Photo by Miguel Will on Unsplash. Can you imagine disrupting your entire...


Word of Grace and Truth
A sermon on John 1:1-18 [for an audio recording of this sermon, click here. Photo by Glen Carrie on Unsplash.] There is something about...


Darkness and Light - Isaiah 49:1-7
Second Sunday After Epiphany - January 15, 2016 Isaiah 49:1-7 - Listen to me, O coastlands, pay attention, you peoples from far away! The...


Baptized Into The Fullness of Justice - Matt. 3:13-17
1st Sunday of Epiphany - January 8, 2017 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have...




