Sermons
What does it mean for us to be a part of a church? What does it mean for God?
Requirements for a new community These words from the book of Acts describe the immediate results of the sermon that Peter preached after the coming of the Holy Spirit at…
Read MoreWe are God’s Ideas
Shifting Identities In my experience, it seems that when life makes a big shift, I re-examine who I am and how I’m doing. Oh, not right away. Not right now…
Read MoreJesus Walks With Us
Relatable Followers If there are two followers of Jesus we can relate to- it has to be Cleopas and his friend on the road to Emmaus. They aren’t part of…
Read MorePraise of Creation
“The heavens are telling the glory of God… There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard; yet their voice goes out through all the earth,…
Read MoreUnlocked
The Easter Story Continues In our gospel reading for this Sunday, it really still is the very first Easter Sunday. Jesus has just been raised from the dead. He’s appeared…
Read MoreGo and Tell
Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! Alleluia! Oh, my siblings in Christ, it has been a long, unexpected, sometimes brutal, often beautiful Lent and in the midst of…
Read MoreGod in the Mess
God in the Mess Even in my relatively short life I have known triumph and tragedy. I have been alongside many of you in your darkest hours and also celebrated…
Read MoreWhat’s allowed during a social distancing version of Holy Week
Normalcy Disrupted Let’s allow ourselves plenty of space to lament the disruption of normalcy. Let’s grant ourselves permission to grieve the experiences we have lost, the time with friends and…
Read MoreDry Bones Dancing
Imagine, if you will, the scene surrounding the prophet Ezekiel – taken by the Lord to a valley filled with dry bones. What kind of devastation must there have been for all of that death to take place so that there was not even anyone to bury the dead?
Read MoreDead End
Timely Reading Today we read another long gospel story like the ones we’ve read the last several weeks. As a mainline Christian church, we read these gospel stories in a…
Read MoreMini-Easters & Miracles
Decorating Early I put my Easter decorations out really early this year. The lengthy winter made me long for signs of new life- the spring flowers, sunshine, rain, sprouting leaves…
Read MoreReset
What am I Forgetting? When the sun is shining and the roads are cleared of snow and salt, I try as best as I can to ride my bicycle to…
Read MoreThe Need for Change
Time for a Restart Our theme for Lent at Good Shepherd is “Spiritual Reboot: Building Resiliency for a Life of Faith”. As our worship staff brainstormed, looking at the Bible…
Read MoreTo See The Son
It’s Good to be Here If I could find that place where I know Jesus was always present and was not only just there but was there in a hugely…
Read MoreThe Heart of God
A Bridge From Old to New We are coming to the end of what some scholars believe are the most important series of texts in our 3-year lectionary cycle. This…
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