Everything Changes in the Light of Love
Sunday, May 18 - Acts 11:1-18, Psalm 148, Revelation 21:1-6, John 13:31-35
Resistance Melts in the Arms of Love
Sunday, May 4 - Acts 9:1-6 [7-20], Psalm 30, Revelation 5:11-14, John 21:1-19
Journey to the Passion: Shattered Hearts
April 13, 2025, Passion Sunday – Luke 19:28-40, Isaiah 50:4-9a, Psalm 31:9-16, Philippians 2:5-11, Luke 22:14—23:56
Journey to the Passion: Resentful Hearts
Sunday, March 30, Lent 4 - Joshua 5:9-12, Psalm 32, 2 Corinthians 5:16-21, Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32
Loving – and Forgiving – our Enemies
Sunday, February 23, 2025 - Genesis 45:3-11, 15, Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40, 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50, Luke 6:27-38
Planted by the Stream
Sunday, February 16, 2025 - Jeremiah 17:5-10, Psalm 1, 1 Corinthians 15:12-20, Luke 6:17-26.
From Water and Fire
Sunday, January 12, 2025 - Isaiah 43:1-7, Psalm 29, Acts 8:14-17, Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
The Path of Life
Sunday, November 17, 2024 - Mark 12:38-44, also 1 Kings 17:8-16, Psalm 34:1-8, Hebrews 9:24-28.
Kindness, Devotion, and the Power of Love
Sunday, November 3, 2024 - Mark 12:28-34, also Ruth 1:1-18, Psalm 146, Hebrews 9:11-14
The Pull of God’s Love
Sunday, September 22, 2024 - Mark 9:30-37 also Jeremiah 11:18-20, Psalm 54, James 3:13—4:3, 7-8a
Erasing the Lines
Sunday, September 8 - Mark 7:24-37 also Isaiah 35: 4-7a, Psalm 146, James 2:1-10 [11-13] 14-17
Love and the Time of Singing
Sunday, September 1, 2024 - Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23, also Song of Solomon 2:8-13, Psalm 15, James 1:17-27
Members of One Another, and Christ
Sunday, August 11, 2024 - Gospel John 6:35, 41-51, also 1 Kings 19:4-8, Psalm 34:1-8, Ephesians 4:25—5:2
How Wide is God’s Circle?
Sunday, June 9, 2024 - Gospel, John 3:1-17. Also Gen 3:8-15, Psalm 130, 2 Corinthians 4:13—5:1, Mark 3:20-35 One of my first jobs when I moved to Marietta, GA after college was in sales. Our product was halon fire extinguishers,…
A Trinity of Questions
Holy Trinity Sunday, May 26, 2024 - Gospel, John 3:1-17. Also Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 29, Romans 8:12-17
By Our Love
Sunday, May 5, 2024 - John 15:9-17 Also Acts 10:44-48, Psalm 98, 1 John 5:1-6 It’s not fun to feel left out. Last week, I began my sermon with a story about feeling like I didn’t quite belong at a…
Abiding in the Vine
Sunday, April 28, 2024 - John 15:1-8 Also Acts 8:26-40, Psalm 22:25-31, 1 John 4:7-21 Back in the winter of 2010, I drove from the southside of Chicago where I lived in Hyde Park and attended the Lutheran School of…