+ A sermon for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B) / Proper 21B / Ordinary 26B at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on September 30, 2018 + Texts: Numbers 11:4-6,10-16,24-29; Mark 9:38-50 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Who are you? I wonder how you …
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Life in the Cross
+ A sermon for Holy Cross Sunday / the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B) / Proper 19B / Ordinary 24B at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on September 16, 2018 + Texts: 1 Corinthians 1:18-24, Mark 8:27-38 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Have you …
Be Opened!
+ A sermon for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B) / Proper 18B / Ordinary 23B at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on September 9, 2018 + Texts: Isaiah 35:4-7, James 2:1-17, Mark 7:24-37 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. In 1945, the territorial legislature …
Difficult Teachings
+ A sermon for the Fourteenth* Sunday after Pentecost (Year B) / Proper 16B / Ordinary 21B at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on September 2, 2018 + Texts: John 6:56-71 *Holy Cross participated in an ecumenical community worship on August 26 so we moved the liturgical date by one week to finish the John Bread of …
God Within Us
+ A sermon for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B) / Proper 15B / Ordinary 20B at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on August 19, 2018 + Texts: John 6:51-58 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. There’s a story I heard this week about a …
Ordinary, Extraordinary
+ A sermon for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B) / Proper 14B / Ordinary 19B at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on August 12, 2018 + Texts: John 6:35[36-40]41-51 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. It’s been 50 years since a television show …
Bread for Our Bodies, Bread for Our Souls
+ A sermon for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Year B) / Proper 13B / Ordinary 18B at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on August 5, 2018 + Texts: Exodus 16:2-4,9-15; John 6:24-35 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Have you ever been on a road …
The Lord of Abundance
+ A sermon for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B) / Proper 12B / Ordinary 17B at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on July 29, 2018 + Texts: John 6:1-21 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Five loaves. Two fish. 5,000 people. All fed …
Contrasting Visions
+ A sermon for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B) / Proper 10B / Ordinary 15B at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on July 15, 2018 + Texts: Amos 7:7-15; Mark 6:14-29 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. During our time in Chicago, many of …
Blackberry, Mustard, and Love
+ A sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B) / Proper 6B / Ordinary 11B at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on June 17, 2018 + Texts: Ezekiel 17:22-24; Mark 4:26-34 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. One of the things I’ve loved …
Pastor Paul Eldred 