Texts: 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21 and Psalm 16  •  Galatians 5:1, 13-25  •  Luke 9:51-62   I’ve shared on plenty of occasions that before I went to seminary I worked with runaway and homeless youth. For the most part, I did that work in shelters and transitional living programs, but for the year and a … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, June 27, 2010: Time After Pentecost–Lectionary 13 →

Preached at the Service of Dedication and Evening Prayer at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square on the evening of Sunday, June 20, 2010 in honor of the generous gifts from Wilmette Lutheran Church to St. Luke’s at the time of their closing in 2009. Texts: 1 Timothy 6:6-19 / Mark 10:17-31   I … Continue reading Sermon: Gratitude & Non-Attachment →

Texts:  Isaiah 65:1-9 and Psalm 22:19-28  •  Galatians 3:23-29  •  Luke 8:26-39   Locally the big story of the last forty-eight hours was the storms we had Friday afternoon and evening. These storms hit the entire Midwest, knocking out power from my parents’ home in Des Moines to points throughout Wisconsin, through Chicago and then … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, June 20, 2010: Time After Pentecost, Lectionary 12 →