CLICK HERE for a worship video for June 19 Sermon for the Second Sunday of Pentecost – June 19, 2022 Luke 8:26-39 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. I was tempted to introduce the gospel reading for this morning by...

CLICK HERE for a worship video for June 12 Sermon for Holy Trinity Sunday – June 12, 2022 John 16:12-15 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. On Friday I celebrated the 22nd anniversary of my ordination, and whenever that...

CLICK HERE for a worship video for June 5 Sermon for Pentecost Sunday – June 5, 2022 Acts 2:1-21, Romans 8:14-17, John 14:8-17 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. We live in an age when the truth is hard to...

Sermon for the Ascension of our Lord – May 29, 2022 Acts 1-11, Ephesians 1:15-23, Luke 24:44-53 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. At the end of just about any of the Superman movies or comic books or TV shows, after...

Sermon for the Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 22, 2022 John 14:23-29 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. There’s an important bit of context missing from our gospel reading for today. Our reading from John this morning...

Sermon for the Fifth Sunday of Easter – May 15, 2022 John 13:31-35 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Church is messy. If you’ve spent any amount of time in a Christian congregation, you already knew that. Church is...

CLICK HERE for a worship video for May 8 The Relationship Grid Acts 9:36-43, Psalm 23, Revelation 7:9-17, and John 10:22-30 Oak Harbor Lutheran Church 8 May 2022 Chaplain David G. Lura Our readings from Revelation and Acts can remind us of Holy Week with references to...

CLICK HERE for a worship video for May 1 Sermon for the Third Sunday in Easter – May 1, 2022 John 21:1-19 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our risen Lord Jesus Christ. Let’s review just where we are in the Easter story on this third Sunday...

CLICK HERE for a worship video for April 24 Sermon for the Second Sunday of Easter – April 24, 2022 John 20:19-31 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. At our Easter service last Sunday, one of our young worshippers turned...

CLICK HERE for a worship video for April 17 Sermon for the Resurrection of our Lord – April 17, 2022 Luke 24:1-12 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. A few months ago my wife and I watched the historical drama 1883. It...