+ A sermon for the Third Sunday after Epiphany (Year B) at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on January 24, 2021 + Text: Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Mark 1:14-20 Video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/1RrfCrOhjcI Way back in April of last year, I remember seeing an article floating around on social media. It was just after the beginning of the pandemic …
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What Do You See?
+ A sermon for the Second Sunday after Epiphany (Year B) at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on January 17, 2021 + Text: 1 Samuel 3:1-20; John 1:43-51 Video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/mDaZIPtF6eA What do you see?It’s a simple question we may expect to hear at the optometrist’s office as we look at that chart with the letters. Or …
Wild Truth
+ A sermon for the Baptism of Our Lord (Year B) at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on January 10, 2021 + Text: Genesis 1:1-5; Mark 1:1-12 Video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/ox6XbW3iqr0 Well, I’m going to say it. If we had any illusions that turning the calendar to 2021 would magically fix everything, this past week has decisively proven …
The Story of Christmas
+ A sermon for Christmas Eve at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on December 24, 2020 + Text: Luke 2:1-20 Video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q094OoE90EQ “I think there must be something wrong with me, Linus. Christmas is coming, but I'm not happy. I don't feel the way I'm supposed to feel.” That’s the opening line to the 1965 classic …
An Impossible “Yes”
+ A sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year B) at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on December 20, 2020 + Text: Luke 1:26-38, Luke 1:46-55 Video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/9fZU4uewH_I Did you ever pass notes in school? Maybe in middle school or high school you wrote something on a piece of paper and folded it up to …
Who Are You?
+ A sermon for the Third Sunday of Advent (Year B) at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on December 13, 2020 + Text: John 1:6-8, 19-28 Video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/fIOYwWAoLdk ‘You never get a second chance to make a good first impression,’ they say. Perhaps that’s why I sometimes struggle with how to act when I meet …
Come Down Already!
+ A sermon for the First Sunday of Advent (Year B) at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on November 29, 2020 + Text: Isaiah 64:1-9; Mark 13:24-37 Video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/847YV8nTvj0 Way back in March, I wrote a letter to our congregation announcing that we would be canceling in-person worship until further notice. I remember expressing my hope …
A Wild and Precious Gift
+ A sermon for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on November 15, 2020 + Text: Matthew 25:14-30 Video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/39j2gMnZy2c “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Have you ever heard that quote before? Those words by the late poet Mary Oliver …
Let Justice Roll Down Like Waters
+ A sermon for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on November 8, 2020 + Text: Amos 5:18-24, Matthew 25:1-13 Video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/rr-WENr4RVA There’s a scene from a movie that’s been playing in my head for over a week now. It’s from the second film in The Lord of the Rings trilogy …
Trick Questions and True Allegiance
+ A sermon for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA on October 18, 2020 + Text: Matthew 22:15-22 Video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/LROfsDQGUIo It’s almost over, my friends. We’re just over two weeks away from finishing perhaps the longest, most polarizing election season ever. By now, millions of people have already voted and, here …
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