Sermon May 31, 2020 Pentecost When I hear the story of Pentecost I am immediately transported back to my time as a summer camp counselor, And in this summer without camp it feels even more important to share these important formational stories of time at camp. The theme one of my summers was the Holy…

May 27, 2020 The Spirit 26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. 27 And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to…

Sermon Sunday May 24, 2020 John 17:1-11 When I was a little girl I remember in Sunday school we were taught to memorize the Lord’s prayer and I really struggled to learn it and every week whichever kid recited it perfectly got a piece of candy from a bowl, it was a long time before…

In Matthew 9:18-26 a man comes to Jesus to tell him that his daughter has died and asks Jesus to come with him to lay his hands on her and while he is on his way to attend to that a woman who has been bleeding for 12 years touches Jesus’s clothes and is healed.…

May 17, 2020 John 14:15-17 Today Jesus says to us and his disciples, “if you love me you will keep my commandments.” And if you are tired, weary, zoomed out, screened out, homeschooled out you might be struggling to remember just what Jesus commands us to do. Love one another. It really is that simple……

May 13, 2020 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” – John 14:15 Our Gospel text for this Sunday begins with these words of Jesus, cringe worthy words for us who are steeped in Lutheranism and know that no matter how hard we try we will never be able to keep the commandment…

May 10, 2020 Sermon May 10, 2020 I don’t usually preach on this text in Sunday morning worship, Usually when we gather to hear this Gospel text it isn’t a happy gathering The last time I preached these words the paschal candle was lit and one of our dear siblings in Christ was before it…

May 6, 2020 Stones and Stumbling Our appointed lessons for this week approach stones very differently. In our first reading Acts 7:55-60 Stephen is stoned to death because of his faith. And in our second reading from 1 Peter 2:1-10 Jesus is referred to as the cornerstone. Like many things in this world, things can…