Life on the Vine

This sermon was preached at Glenwood and Canoe Ridge Lutheran Churches, Decorah, Iowa, on April 29, 2018. It’s based on John 15:1-8, Acts 8:26-40, and 1 John 4:7-21. If you’d prefer to listen to it, find it at https://soundcloud.com/stacey-nalean-carlson. Last……

The Poetry of Holy Week

In honor of World Poetry Day, and in anticipation of Holy Week, I offer you this poem I wrote last year.   I. Introduction It’s almost too much The depth of human experience In the course of just a few……

Look Up and Live

This sermon was preached at Glenwood & Canoe Ridge Lutheran Churches, Decorah, Iowa, on March 11, 2018. It’s based on John 3:14-21, Psalm 107, and Numbers 21:4-9. If you’d prefer to listen to it, find it at https://soundcloud.com/stacey-nalean-carlson/. For God……

Your Love Endures Forever (Psalm 107)

The appointed psalm for the 4th Sunday in Lent (Year B) is Psalm 107: 1-3, 17-22. I’ve written this poetic paraphrase of the entire psalm to be sung to the tune of My Life Flows On in Endless Song by……