The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, At-Home Service for September 19th
This sermon is about welcoming or receiving. When asked what they liked most about Good Shepherd, many have said it was the sense of welcome they felt here. Jesus used that word, welcome, four...
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The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, At-Home Service for September 5th
Today we generally segregate ourselves into groups of like-minded people with similar experiences who think the same way. As will become clear in just a moment, that was not true of the community implied...
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The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, At-Home Service for August 29th
This sermon focuses on the place of tradition for Christians in a world overwhelmed by change. The passage read today from the Gospel according to Mark contained a debate about which traditions are beneficial...
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The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, At-Home Service for August 22nd
There is a connection between that news story and today’s First Reading from the Book of Joshua. The book has often been understood as a story about Israel’s conquest and possession of the Holy...
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Mary Mother of Our Lord, The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, At-Home Service for August 15th
Today we remember Mary, the Mother of God. We remember what the Bible says about her, that “all generations will call blessed.” Martin Luther taught that we should, “…praise and thank God through...
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