Sermon: Sunday, June 18, 2017: 2nd Sunday after Pentecost

We can boast in our sufferings because we know that what we can share with one another has the power to build us up instead of tear us down.

Sermon: Sunday, June 1, 2014: Seventh Sunday of Easter

Texts: Acts 1:6-14 + Psalm 68:1-10,32-35 + 1 Peter 4:12-14;5:6-11 + John 17:1-11 Happy Anniversary, St. Luke’s! On this very day, June 1, 1900 St. Luke’s was established as a congregation of the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America, one of the many predecessor bodies that over time merged into what … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, June 1, 2014: Seventh Sunday of Easter →

Sermon: Sunday, March 2, 2014: Transfiguration of Our Lord

Texts: Exodus 24:12-18 + Psalm 99 + 2 Peter 1:16-21 + Matthew 17:1-9 I wish I could pretend that each Sunday I preach I climb into the pulpit with an equal measure of certainty about my insight into scripture and my convictions about what I have found there, but the truth is I don’t. There … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, March 2, 2014: Transfiguration of Our Lord →