Sermons from August 2023
Sunday August 27th, 2023 Worship
I really struggled to write this sermon this week. I would write a sentence or two only to go back and erase it. I think this was happening for several reasons. One, this isn’t as difficult of a Gospel passage today, but it is one where is gets really easy for me to lost in the academic side trails, which are sometimes fun and mostly confusing to follow. Two is that the…
Sunday August 20th, 2023 Worship
On this, the day of the Women’s World Cup final, I have a confession to make. Now, this may come as a surprise to some of you, but I am actually a really competitive person. Whether it was on the soccer field growing up or playing board games with friends and family now, the people in my life know they need to watch out if any sort of competition is involved. Emily and I…
Sunday August 13th, 2023 Worship
Have any of you ever been stuck on a body of water during storm? I have and it’s miserable! I always want to laugh a little bit at the disciples in today’s story because Sea of Galilee is actually a misnomer and in reality, we have many lakes bigger than it in Minnesota! While not quite the same, I imagine it would be like someone going to Green Lake and telling everyone…
Sunday August 6th, 2023 Worship
It would be really easy for me to write a cliché sermon today about financial stewardship and how this Gospel illustrates for us all of the unexpected ways that our community is fed when we share what we have with others, and we trust God to help us steward our resources too. It would be really easy for me to do that today because I have already written a sermon exactly…