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Will I Or Won’t I?
Different But the Same
Our thanks go out to Adam Lefever Hughes for offering this weeks’ devotion. Justin the Martyr, a 2nd-century convert to Christianity wrote some of the earliest accounts we have of how early Christians conducted their worship. He writes: “And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together…
Our Sages: Models for Our Worship
Traditional Sermon Pentecost 11 I’m not much for preaching on the Old Testament lessons that we read each week in church. If you pay any attention to my sermons, you know that already. I’ve always been most interested in talking about Jesus, from the pulpit. But when I started my sermon prep last week, and…
Everything in the forest is the forest
I just returned from a week of rest and renewal at the conference of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians held this year in Portland, OR. These conferences are always a wonderful time of fellowship, worship, and learning for me and this year was no different. Worship services are structured in much the same ways…
Episodes and Epiphanies
Worship … God Opening Doors into our Lives
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.
Lent and the Center
Lent is in full swing and we’re rapidly approaching the center of the church year, Holy Week. Late in Lent this lectionary year we hear many readings from the gospel of John. Often cited as being the more difficult and ‘heady’ gospel, John emphasizes the depths of Jesus’ authority and personhood where the synoptic…
In Your Own Backyard
What burdens you?
New Day Sermon pentecost 5 Ever feel out of line with God? Maybe it’s from the heavy burdens in your life…