by StPeter | Jun 20, 2020 | Sermon
Print PDF Pentecost 3 Sermon June 21, 2020 Cycle A Imagine, if you can, being “in the shoes” of Peter, James, or John. Recall that one day, as they worked on the shores of Galilee “mending their nets”, Jesus walked by and said, “Follow me and I will make you fishers...
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...
