St. Peter's Lutheran Church

Author: Rev. Craig Ross

  • Love and Action

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    New Day Sermon PENTECOST 11 What brings us back into community when all our choices seem to be challenging ones? Here’s the preview for “Wonder” from the sermon:

  • A Mug With Your Name On It

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    EMAIL DEVOTIONAL PEntecost 10 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God. (1 Corinthians 2:12) So tell me, do you need a coffee cup to know that you are alive?  No, of course not. …

  • Tangled Roots

    Tangled Roots

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    EMAIL DEVOTIONAL PEntecost 7 A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.  (Isaiah 11:1) I could not tell where one root started and another finished.  It just looked like a convoluted mess of intertwining branches.  We were hiking in Swallow Falls State Park on vacation,…

  • How Hungry Are You?

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    traditional sermon Pentecost 9 Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And all ate and were filled.  (Matthew…

  • What’s in Your Treasure Chest?

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    New Day Sermon Pentecost 8 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.  (Matthew 13:44) What in the world would be compelling enough to make you give up everything … yes,…

  • What Kind of Soil Are You?

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    TRADITIONAL SERMON Pentecost 6 SUNDAY Two weekends ago, I was in Nashville, Tennessee, officiating at the wedding of one of our long-time young adults from St. Peter’s.  I’ve never been to Nashville, so Nancy and I tried to gather in a bit of the spirit of the city when we weren’t with the Moul family…

  • Going Public with a Private Faith Life

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    EMAIL DEVOTIONAL PEntecost 4 It shall serve for you as a sign on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead, so that the teaching of the Lord may be on your lips; for with a strong hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt.  (Exodus 13:9) They were just two adolescent boys entering the boarding area for our…

  • Looking for Crosses

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    EMAIL DEVOTIONAL PEntecost 3 For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.  (1 Corinthians 1:18) I spoke about the image of the “cross” with our kiddos today  in this morning’s children’s sermons.  We looked for crosses in the sanctuary,…

  • Is Hell for real?

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    EMAIL DEVOTIONAL PEntecost 2 The pit of torment shall appear, and opposite it shall be the place of rest; and the furnace of hell shall be disclosed, and opposite it the paradise of delight. (2 Esdras 7:36) Hell is real.  I visited there today.  It snuck up on me.  I spent much of the day working on some…

  • Harvest Hands

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    New Day Sermon Pentecost 2 Does the thought of serving overwhelm you?  Think of yourself as possessing “harvest hands” and work in God’s Kingdom, where there are as many places of need as there are different talents and passions