+ A sermon for Pentecost +15C/Lectionary 24C[1] at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on September 15, 2019 + Text: Luke 15:1-10 Audio: LINK When I go on vacation, the last thing I want to do is look like a tourist. I never want to be that guy standing on the sidewalk gawking at the city …
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Foolishness
+ A sermon for Holy Cross Sunday at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on September 15, 2019 + Text: 1 Corinthians 1:18-24 Audio: LINK They’re all around us. It would be hard to count them if we tried. We wear them around our necks, we see them on our bulletins and hymnals, we display them …
Division
+ A sermon for Pentecost +10C/Lectionary 20C at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on August 18, 2019 + Texts: Hebrews 11:29-12:2; Luke 12:49-56 Audio: LINK Later this week, Ryan and I will leave for vacation. We’ve been planning this trip for months and we’re really excited about it. But I tell ya, when I looked …
Vain Individualism
+ A sermon for Pentecost +8C/Lectionary 18C at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on August 4, 2019 + Texts: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14, 2:18-23; Colossians 3:1-17; Luke 12:13-21 Audio: LINK “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.” “You fool!” What a cheery message from our holy scriptures this morning, right? Now, I don’t know what got you …
Hospitality and Rest
+ A sermon for Pentecost +6C/Lectionary 16C at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on July 21, 2019 + Texts: Genesis 18:1–10a; Luke 10:38–42 I remember when I was growing up and our family was expecting company, we would go into deep cleaning mode. It was almost like clockwork—whenever my grandparents or aunts and uncles or …
Stargazing
+ A sermon for Pentecost +9C/Lectionary 19C at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on August 11, 2019 | Outdoor Worship + Texts: Genesis 15:1-6; Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16; Luke 12:32-40 For most of the past ten years or so, I’ve been living in cities and I’ve loved it. I love the restaurants and shops, the sporting …
Finding Life
+ A sermon for Pentecost +5C/Lectionary 15C at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on July 14, 2019 + Texts: Luke 10:25-37 Audio: LINK I’m going to bet that if there’s one story you know from Jesus, it’s this one. If there is one parable that everyone can name, it’s the one we just heard that …
Interdependence
+ A sermon for Pentecost +4C/Lectionary 14C at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on July 7, 2019 + Texts: Galatians 6:1-16; Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 Audio: LINK (Note - first few seconds of the recording was accidentally cut off) Last week, on the Fourth of July, our country celebrated our Independence Day. That morning, Ryan and I …
True Identity
+ A sermon for Pentecost +2C/Lectionary 12C at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on June 23, 2019 + Text: Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 8:26-39 There he was. There, by the sea, far from his friends and family—if he even had any friends and family left. There, living in the graveyard, cut off from the living. There, …
Dancing with Trinity
+ A sermon for Holy Trinity Sunday (Year C) at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on June 16, 2019 + Text: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 Each Sunday as I drive to church I listen to NPR’s Weekend Edition. Sometimes I hear interviews with influential people, sometimes I learn something from interesting stories, …
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