Sermon: Sunday, June 30, 2013: Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Texts: 2 Kings 2:1-2,6-14 + Psalm 77:1-2,11-20 + Galatians 5:1,13-25 + Luke 9:51-62 I’ve been keeping a close eye on the news, watching and waiting for any changes in the condition of the man President Obama has compared to George Washington, South Africa’s Nelson Mandela. Mandela, as you know, became president of South Africa in … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, June 30, 2013: Sixth Sunday after Pentecost →

Sermon: Sunday, September 25, 2011–Third Sunday in Season of Creation, Wilderness

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 →