A Sermon about the Reign of God (and Queen Elizabeth)
This message is good news for those who are hungry, cast aside, and ignored.
A Reconciling in Christ (RIC) Congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Sep 19
An Unrespectable God
How much more profound is the way Christ throws off all respectability in order to save us who are lost and despairing.
- Sep 12
A Sermon for Those Who Have Been Lost
Today we hear the good news of a God who seeks us out and finds us in our lostness.
- Sep 5
A Sermon about Hate (but not like that)
But here’s the thing: Because Jesus wants our full attention, he also invites us to bring our full selves – the best and the not-so-great.
- Aug 28
A Place for Everyone
At God’s banquet table, there is a place for all and enough for all. That’s Jesus’s point.
- Aug 26
11th Sunday after Pentecost
Audio sermon from the 11th Sunday after Pentecost with guest preacher Rev. Paul Pfeffer
- Aug 26
10th Sunday after Pentecost
Audio sermon from the 10th Sunday after Pentecost with guest preacher Rev. Rebecca Gordon
- Aug 7
Be the Church
God calls us to be the church – in all of what that means.
- Aug 1
Needing a God Who Needs Us
We know that we need God, but here’s the extra amazing part: God needs us too. God cannot and will not give us up.
- Jul 25
A Marriage Story
God will never stop loving us, even if it doesn’t make any sense.
- Jul 18
Yes and No
God’s no is an interruption to the status quo – whether it’s a welcome interruption or not.
- Jul 11
Fed Up
When we are fed up, God feeds us.
- Jul 5
Outsiders Who Get It
God seems to have a knack for working with and through outsiders.
- Jun 27
A Love Letter to the Church for Pride Sunday
This is a love letter for you who have never had to wonder if you belong and for you who question it every single day.
- Jun 20
A Sermon for Those Who Are Done
God meets where we’re at – and doesn’t leave us there.
- Jun 13
A God Who Cannot Be Explained (But Has to Be Experienced)
God cannot be explained. God has to be experienced.
- Jun 6
A Sermon about How the Holy Spirit Shows Up
The Holy Spirit isn’t done with us because there is still good news to share.
- May 30
What Do We Do Now?
And then – just like that….he’s gone – taken up into heaven in a cloud. Instead of our hearts burning within us they are once again broken.
- May 22
Alleluia, Here and Now
Rise, beloved. Christ has freed our hearts from fear. God’s own Spirit, the Advocate, brightly hovers and goes with us.
- May 17
An Oxymoronic Gospel
Our Lamb has conquered all evil and injustice. Our Lamb has conquered death and destruction. Our Lamb has conquered oppression and hatred.