CLICK HERE for a worship video for April 23 Sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter – April 23, 2023 Luke 24:13-35 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, who is risen indeed. Alleluia. You’ve probably seen it...

CLICK HERE for a worship video for April 2 Sermon for Palm Sunday/the Sunday of the Passion – April 2, 2023 Matthew 27:11-54 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. The centurion had seen many crucifixions before. It was a...

CLICK HERE for a worship video for March 26 Sermon for the Fifth Sunday in Lent – March 26, 2023 John 11:1-45 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Death stinks. It literally stinks, of course, but it stinks in every other...

CLICK HERE for a worship video for March 19 Sermon for the Fourth Sunday in Lent – March 19, 2023 John 9:1-41 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. When I was serving in my first call at American Lutheran Church in...

CLICK HERE for a worship video for March 12 Sermon for the Third Sunday in Lent – March 12, 2023 John 4:5-42 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Nutritionists will tell you that most Americans don’t drink enough water....

CLICK HERE for a worship video for March 5 Sermon for the Second Sunday in Lent – March 5, 2023 John 3:1-17 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Nicodemus was in the dark. He was literally in the dark as he came to Jesus...

CLICK HERE for a worship video for February 26 Sermon for the First Sunday in Lent – February 26, 2023 Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7, Romans 5:12-19, Matthew 4:1-11 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. The wilderness of Laos is...

Sermon for Ash Wednesday – February 22, 2023 Joel 2:1-2, 12-17, 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21  Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. There are any number of images from the news that remind us that not all...

Sermon for Transfiguration Sunday – February 19, 2023 2 Peter 1:16-21, Matthew 17:1-9 Dear friends, grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. One of my favorite places to go is up to the top of Mount Erie. It is especially nice to be there...

CLICK HERE for a worship video for February 12 Sermon for the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany – February 12, 2023 Matthew 5:21-37 As the actor and comedian W. C. Fields was dying in the hospital, a longtime friend went to visit him. He was surprised to find Fields reading...