+++Virtual Choir +++Now the Green Blade Rises (ELW 379)Psalm 22:25-31 Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen! (ELW 377)Shout to the Lord (ELW 821) <UPCOMING COMMEMORATIONS> Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, died 373 Sunday, May 2, 2021 Best remembered for defending the teaching that Christ was fully God against Read More …
+++Virtual Choir+++ Hymns and psalm from April 25, 2021 The Lord’s My Shepherd (ELW 778)Psalm 23There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy (ELW 588)Praise the Lord, Rise Up Rejoicing (ELW 544)
+++Virtual Choir+++That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright (PUER NOBIS) (ELW 384)Psalm 133We Walk by Faith and Not by Sight (DUNLAP’S CREEK)Thine Is the Glory (ELW 376)
Hymns and Psalm
(SERMON Easter 7C 2019) If you will forgive me, I’d like to use a $2 word to talk about our scripture lessons this morning; (this is what you get for calling a pastor with an expensive education). The word is denouement. Your ear will probably Read More …
SERMON Easter 5C 2019 Nobody hates church meetings more than I do, and in years past I have managed to find an excuse to skip our synod’s annual assembly. For one thing – an important thing to me – we always meet in a big Read More …
John 21 This is the last scene in John’s gospel, and a very precious and poignant scene it is. John’s stories are always rich and revealing, full of feeling and ringing true in a way that most Bible stories don’t. If Mary’s anointing of Jesus’ Read More …
SERMON Easter 2c 2019 I was surprised looking through my sermon files this week. After 30 years of preaching, I have as many as ten sermons for some Sundays, but almost nothing at all for this one. Well, silly me: of course not! I’m usually Read More …
Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas! What a beautiful season …(Pastor! It’s not Christmas, it’s Easter!) Oh, right. Rats. It’s not Christmas? Well, let’s take a vote; who likes Christmas better than Easter? It’s the presents, right? Who cares about a chocolate bunny, we want the Read More …
Well, at least they saved the crown of thorns. By now everybody in the world knows that the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris burned on Monday. The footage of billowing smoke rising between the twin towers of the façade reminded me of 9/11. So Read More …