Trinity Sunday (A) Athanasian Creed May 31, 2025 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The Athanasian Creed, the big beefy one we’re going to work through today, was probably written in France during the 5th century. While it’s named after the early Church leader Athanasius, […]
Pentecost (A) Acts 2:1-21 May 24, 2026 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The text that I have chosen for this morning’s sermon is the Pentecost reading from the book of Acts. If I were to give you a quiz about the Holy Spirit, how […]
7th Sunday of Easter (A) Acts 1:12-26 May 17, 2026 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The text that I have chosen for this morning’s sermon is the first reading from the book of Acts. The Bible contains some stories that you really have to […]
6th Sunday after Pentecost (A) Acts 17:16-31 May 10, 2026 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The text I have chosen for this morning’s sermon is the first reading from the book of Acts. The Greek city of Athens was unlike most others. While Athens […]
Confirmation Sunday Acts 6:1–9; 7:2a, 51–60, 1 Peter 2:2–10, John 14:1–14 May 3, 2026 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It’s tempting in confirmation Sunday sermons to talk only to the confirmation kids since it’s their day. They’re the ones taking the vows and the […]
4th Sunday of Easter (A) John 10:1-10 April 26, 2026 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The text I have chosen for this morning’s sermon is the Gospel from St. John. Normally, commercials on TV drive me nuts. Hearing the Ozempic ditty for the thousandth […]
Easter Sunday (A) Matthew 28:1-10 April 5, 2026 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. On Palm Sunday and Good Friday, you heard that Jesus’ prayer, betrayal, arrest, trial, suffering, and death are the details that gained the forgiveness of our sins. Each of these details […]
PART 2 Good Friday Matthew 26-27 April 3, 2026 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The text that I have chosen for this evening’s sermon is Passion of Jesus from the Gospel of Saint Matthew. On Palm Sunday I talked about the details of our […]
PART 1 Palm Sunday (A) Matthew 26-27 March 29, 2026 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The text I have chosen for this morning’s sermon is the Gospel of St. Matthew. The barebones facts of the Passion of Jesus Christ are, hopefully, familiar to most […]
5th Sunday in Lent (A) Romans 8:1-11 March 22, 2026 Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The text I have chosen for this morning’s sermon is the Epistle from Romans. I haven’t met very many celebrities, there aren’t many in Nebraska, or Iowa. I did […]