In this Advent season, we await Emmanuel: God with us. This week’s Advent Reflection is “Here am I, the servant of the Lord.”
View the Sermon (PDF)November 30, 2025, First Sunday of Advent
A new church year begins: Christ is coming soon! Today’s readings challenge us to wake from sleep and to live alert to the needs of others for we know neither the day nor the hour of the Lord’s coming. Isaiah proclaims the day when God will gather all nations on the holy mountain and there […]
View the Sermon (PDF)November 23, 2025, Christ the King Sunday
Jeremiah’s promise of the execution of “justice and righteousness in the land” finds ironic fulfillment in the execution of Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. It appears utterly contradictory that a king should be crucified with a criminal. This victory appears for all the world as humiliating defeat. Yet through the gate of […]
View the Sermon (PDF)November 16, 2025, Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
The end is near. There is no doubt about it. The warnings are dire. The tone of today’s texts is ominous. But the baptized know how to live in the meantime. The baptized are strengthened for the living of these days in word and sacrament. The baptized rally around the invitation of the apostle: “Do […]
View the Sermon (PDF)November 9, 2025, Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost
Like Job, we live with moments of despair and weakness, yet like him, we also say, “I know that my redeemer lives.” Paul, too, encourages us to “stand firm and hold fast to the traditions you were taught.” In all of our work and words, it is Jesus Christ himself who comforts and strengthens us. […]
View the Sermon (PDF)November 2, 2025, All Saints / Homecoming Sunday
All Saints celebrates the baptized people of God, living and dead, who are the body of Christ. In holy baptism God makes saints out of sinners, and in holy communion God forgives the sins of all the saints. Today we give thanks for all the saints “who from their labors rest,” and in the same […]
View the Sermon (PDF)October 26, 2025, Reformation Sunday / Commitment Sunday
Rooted in the past and growing into the future, the church must always be reformed in order to live out the love of Christ in an ever-changing world. We celebrate the good news of God’s grace, that Jesus Christ sets us free every day to do this life-transforming work. Trusting in the freedom given to […]
View the Sermon (PDF)October 19, 2025, Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Today’s readings remind us to pray always, struggle with God’s word, and not to lose heart. Lift your eyes to the hills again this week, knowing that your help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth. Petition the Lord in prayer and wrestle with God’s presence in your life. God is faithful and […]
View the Sermon (PDF)October 12, 2025, Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
In today’s readings, Naaman, an Aramean military commander and a Samaritan man both offered thanks at being healed. Paul points us to God in Christ Jesus who remains faithful to us in all things. In the waters of baptism you have been cleansed, forgiven, and made new so that you might live a life praising […]
View the Sermon (PDF)October 5, 2025, Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Faith is not a matter or more or less. Jesus’ point of the mustard seed is genuine faith may seem small but it is infinite. Handed down to us through family, friends, and even strangers, such faith contains generations. As Paul reminds us, the gift of God alive in you is power, love, and self-discipline. […]
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