Today’s reading from Deuteronomy reminds us what God commands is not too hard, nor too far away. God’s word is very near — in your mouth and in your heart. To love God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind leads to loving your neighbor as your self. In today’s gospel, Jesus tells the […]
View the Sermon (PDF)July 6, 2025, Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
In the reading from Galatians, Paul encourages us to always work for the good of all in both church and in the world. We are to live following the rule of peace and mercy. Jesus’ sending of the seventy-two encourages us to work for a plentiful harvest of God’s kingdom alive in Christ Jesus. We […]
View the Sermon (PDF)June 29, 2025, Third Sunday after Pentecost
Paul encourages us saying, “For freedom Christ has set us free.” Christian freedom means liberation from our broken and sinful ways to freely love and serve our neighbor as Jesus Christ. In the gospel, Jesus also reminds us that the call to follow him liberates us from all that limits us, so that truly freed, […]
June 22, 2025, Second Sunday after Pentecost
Today’s gospel reminds us that Jesus seeks out all who are held captive by the unclean spirits of the world, offering restoration of body, mind and spirit. Paul describes baptism as being clothed with Christ, that we become one in Christ amid our diversity. No matter our ethnicity, social background, gender, or identity, God in […]
View the Sermon (PDF)June 15, 2025, The Holy Trinity / First Sunday after Pentecost
“O Lord our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!” Today we celebrate the holy Trinity. Paul writes that through Jesus we have peace with God, whose love pours into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, giving us lasting hope. We celebrate the gracious One-in-Three, eternal Three-in-One, as we worship in community; […]
View the Sermon (PDF)June 8, 2025, Day of Pentecost
On Pentecost, we celebrate that we have been given an Advocate who abides with and leads us. Poured out in the power of wind and fire through the word and the sacraments of water, bread and wine, the Holy Spirit abides in and among us. We give thanks that God speaks to each of us, […]
View the Sermon (PDF)June 1, 2025, Seventh Sunday of Easter
In Jesus’ high priestly prayer, he prays that we may all be one so that the world may believe, and Acts reminds us that all who call upon the name of the Lord will be saved. Jesus Christ is gathering the world’s diverse people into one flock, because in one another we see, hear, and […]
View the Sermon (PDF)May 25, 2025, Sixth Sunday of Easter
Jesus gives us peace, but not as the world gives. With his peace, our hearts are not troubled or afraid, and early Christians like Lydia had their hearts opened by the Lord’s Spirit. We long for a day, as Revelation suggests, when the nations will walk by God’s light, sharing their glory and honor with […]
View the Sermon (PDF)May 18, 2025, Fifth Sunday of Easter
The risen Christ is making all things new. He gives us a new commandment of love; to live in him is to be a new creation. In Acts, Peter realizes that God gives the Holy Spirit and the gift of grace “even to the gentiles.” As we anticipate a new heaven and a new earth, […]
View the Sermon (PDF)May 11, 2025, Fourth Sunday of Easter
Jesus promises that those who hear his voice and follow him will have eternal life and never perish. Dorcas in Acts was a woman who followed Jesus, devoted to good works and acts of charity. Like her, we are called to tend Jesus’ sheep, to feed the hungry, give water to the thirsty, and shelter […]
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