The vibrancy of life here at St. Peter’s makes my service on our staff a joy and privilege. Visitation, teaching and preaching are the ministries that feed my pastoral identity, as together our staff and lay members share in our missional calling … Building a community of faith by God’s grace.
I ask that people make no reference to my name; let them call themselves Christians, not Lutherans. What is Luther? After all, the teaching is not mine. Neither was I crucified for anyone. (Martin Luther, 1522 treatise) The Ethiopian eunuch … I mean really … how often do you get to say those words in…
New Day Sermon Fourth Sunday of Easter Do you struggle with all the division and fighting in the world? Come listen to the Good Shepherd, and his word hope about all ofhis children.
Email Devotion For The Week Of Easter 3 Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. (Romans 12:12, NRSV) We were the only two people in the building who were crying … literally … the only two of the dozens of people surrounding us at the local CarMax showroom. We were signing over the…
New Day Sermon Easter 2 What does the “Doubting Thomas” story have to do with your worship life? Tune in here for a consideration of the presence of Jesus in the Upper Room with Thomas and ther disciples … and Jesus presence with you in your worship life.
Traditional Sermon Easter Sunday What a day! We gather on what is inarguably the greatest day of the Christian year. Our world gets all hot and bothered about Christmas. But for the Christian, Easter is the day that matters. Our opening hymn this morning trumpeted the Easyer message from the empty tomb: Jesus Christ is…
