Return of the Prodigal Son – Fourth Sunday in Lent (Luke 15: 1-3, 11b – 32)
Last week we heard The Parable of the Fig Tree, which is one of the shortest parables that Jesus tells. This week, we heard another parable, The parable of the […]
Category: Sermons
Smells Like Repentance – Third Sunday in Lent (Luke 13: 1-9)
As you might have guessed from looking at the cover of the bulletin, our scripture reading and our sermon this morning is about repentance. Over on the sanctuary wall to […]
Jerusalem, Jerusalem… – Second Sunday in Lent (Luke 13: 31-35)
This past week, in the Lenten Devotional Unsettling Lent, one of the authors tells a story. He was part of a group, including many clergy members, who went to take […]
Give It Up – First Sunday in Lent (Luke 4: 1-13)
I had the opportunity to preach on this story from Luke, also on the first Sunday of Lent, back in 2019. At that time, I was a seminary student and […]
Let it Shine! – Transfiguration Sunday (2 Corinthians 3: 12- 4:2)
Today is Transfiguration Sunday. Which is the last Sunday in the season of the church calendar that we call Epiphany, which occurs between Christmas and Lent, so it is also […]
Saying the Loud Part Out Loud -Seventh Sunday after Epiphany (Luke 6: 27-38)
Today’s scripture reading from Luke comes from a collection of Jesus’ teachings known as the Sermon on the Plains. Now, you have most likely heard of the Sermon on the […]
Location, Location, Location – Sixth Sunday after Epiphany (Jeremiah 17: 5-10)
Perhaps, at some point in your life, you were part of a group that did the trust fall exercise. If you and your coworkers or classmates were never asked to […]
Coming Up Empty – Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Luke 5: 1-11)
This story from the Gospel of Luke is, at its core, a call story. This is a type of story typical to religious or mythological literature in which the protagonist […]
The Homecoming – Third Sunday after the Epiphany (Luke 4: 14-21)
Today we read the story of Jesus’ return to his home synagogue in Nazareth. This is at the start of Jesus’ ministry. He has already been preaching and teaching throughout […]