Texts: Joel 1:8-10,17-20 + Psalm 18:6-19 + Romans 8:18-27 + Matthew 3:13—4:2 The congregation in which I grew up, St. John’s Lutheran Church in Des Moines, Iowa, used to take high school groups up to the Boundary Waters for weeklong canoe trips in the summer. We went through a Christian camping organization that provided the … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, September 25, 2011–Third Sunday in Season of Creation, Wilderness