by StPeter | Jun 14, 2020 | Sermon
Print PDF Pentecost 2 Sermon June 14, 2020 Cycle A The term “gospel” is Old English for the Greek word “εὐαγγελιον”(euaggelion) – “goodannouncement” or “good news”. But what’s that about? I mean, we’ve all heard “good news”of one kind or another, but we don’t call it...
by StPeter | Jun 7, 2020 | Sermon
Print PDF Pentecost 2 Sermon June 7, 2020 Cycle A The natural world has always fascinated me, something I’ve studied for at least 50 years. I was 12 when I got my first telescope, aimed it at the sky, and “discovered” Jupiter. Obviously, I’m not the first to observe...
by StPeter | May 31, 2020 | Sermon
Print PDF Pentecost Sermon May 31, 2020 Cycle A Many people today reject the concept of “original sin”, not the sin of Adam and Eve so much as the idea of a fallen humanity – that all human beings are guilty of sin. It’s “passé”, part of a bygone age of ignorance and...
by StPeter | May 24, 2020 | Sermon
Print PDF Print PDF ELCA Worship Easter 7 Sermon 2020 May 24_2020 Cycle A We all know the story, how “in the beginning God created” human beings, placed them in paradise, and set out to establish a lasting relationship with them. Adam and Eve were given everything...
by StPeter | May 17, 2020 | Sermon
Print PDF Easter 6 Sermon 2020 Easter 6 – May 17, 2020 Cycle AIt is a strange “fate” that brought Paul – who had looked on with “approval” as Stephen wasstoned to death, persecuted Christians for their faith, and headed for to Damascus with “arrestwarrants” in search...