What Is There to Look Forward to Now?

Dear friends, I’m grateful for your accompaniment as we enter into a new year together. Here is this week’s worship service in its entirety: If you’d prefer to listen to only the sermon, you may do so here: The sermon……

Open: Advent Day 1

Ezekiel 37:11-14 Then the Lord said to me, ‘Mortal, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, “Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely.” Therefore prophesy, and say to them,……

Rhythm of Rest

Dear friends, I pray this message finds you well. It’s hard for me to believe that it’s August already. With so much weighing on our hearts and minds as we look for school to start up again,  I pray this……

Waiting

This sermon was preached at Glenwood and Canoe Ridge Lutheran Churches, Decorah, Iowa on March 17, 2019. It’s based on Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27; Philippians 3:17-4:1; and Luke 13:31-35. If you’d prefer to listen to it, find it at……

Gather: Advent Day 21

Isaiah 40:9-11 9 Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings, lift it up, do not fear; say to the cities of Judah, ‘Here is……

Promise: Advent Day 1

Psalm 119:49-50 49 Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope. 50 This is my comfort in my distress, that your promise gives me life. …life lasts so briefly, like free theater in the park—glorious and……