Sermons on Pentecost (Page 2)

As humans, we are constantly trying to shape God into our image or narrow down the understanding of who God is and what God’s love means for the world based on our viewpoint. We see this all the time, probably so much so that our brains tune out much of the noise. From our preoccupation with where ourselves, or often other people, are going to end up after death (I’m sure…

I am in the middle of twelve grandkids on my dad’s side of the family. The cousins closest to me in age were all boys. Now, I loved playing with my cousins, however, one of their favorite activities seemed to be practicing their wrestling skills on me, despite my unfair size disadvantage. My aunt would come downstairs, telling them to let me go before one or more of us…

This past week, a majority of ELCA Bishops signed and shared a letter affirming the commitment that the Gospel gives us to stand against Christian Nationalism, racism, violence, and oppression. That’s a very brief summary of their letter, but it was an important reminder of what we as Christians are called to when it comes to our hearing of and the proclamation of the…