Sermons from 2026
Sunday June 14th, 2026 Worship
Like many sermons, this was not what I had planned on preaching this morning. I had some stories from vacation and my adventures in trying to make it back to Seattle through severe thunderstorms; silly anecdotes of my time with my niece who is my mini-me and becomes more so each year! Those are the things that I wanted to be able to talk about in this first Sunday back…
Sunday May 31st (Holy Trinity Sunday), 2026 Worship
For those of you who didn’t have to go through the four years of the ELCA Lutheran candidacy process to become an Ordained Pastor, you likely don’t know that every year, besides our internship year, we had to write an essay and be interviewed, by committees and different faculty members, to assess…
Sunday May 24th, 2026 Worship
I find it interesting that the Holy Spirit is the Person of the Trinity that has typically been ascribed socially accepted feminine qualities like gentleness to go along with her feminine pronouns. The Spirit is often depicted in imagery as being like a dove or as a single candle flame instead of a roaring fire; what calm and lovely images! Yet, when the Spirit is…
Sunday May 17th, 2026 Worship
There are so many signs in life; some of which we are looking for, like speed limit signs while driving, and others that just show up when we are least expecting them. From the physical signs that overwhelm our views to the point that they seem to blend into the surroundings to the signs we look out for when you are making major life discernments and are trying to figure…