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  • Law and Relationship in the Ten Commandments: Lent 3B

    Hope Lutheran Church in Vance also meets at the American Legion in Manning, SC. They only record the gospel and sermon, which you can see on their YouTube Channel or here! Exodus 20:1-17, NRSV 1God spoke all these words: 2I am… Continue reading

    Law and Relationship in the Ten Commandments: Lent 3B
  • Taking Up Our Crosses: Lent 2B

    February 25, 2024 was Women’s Sunday at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Pomaria. They have kindly posted the video here: https://fb.watch/qFNnr4e22_ Mark 8:31-38 31[Jesus] began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by… Continue reading

    Taking Up Our Crosses: Lent 2B
  • Listening for God: A Sermon for Epiphany

    This sermon was preached on January 7, 2024 at Pomaria Lutheran Church in Pomaria, SC, and St. John’s Lutheran Church in Irmo. I was there to install their new pastor, the Rev. Michele Fischer, in both congregations. St. John’s shared… Continue reading

    Listening for God: A Sermon for Epiphany
  • Who Do We Say God Is?: A Sermon for Pentecost 13A

    https://fb.watch/p2-jkZ8nE_/ has the link to Bethlehem, Pomaria’s worship on August 27 Matthew 16:13-20, NRSV Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they… Continue reading

    Who Do We Say God Is?: A Sermon for Pentecost 13A
  • But Wait! There’s More!

    As an Assistant to the Bishop, I’ve gotten to work on a lot more projects than just sermons. https://www.youtube.com/@scsynod/featured will link you to the South Carolina Synod YouTube channel, which has lots of videos worth watching. One project I’m particularly… Continue reading

    But Wait! There’s More!
  • Pentecost 21A: What an interesting way to be wrong!

    Providence Lutheran Church, October 22, 2023 Providence shares their online worship on Facebook. The link is here: https://fb.watch/p0iftwPIlq/ Matthew 22:15-22 15Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said. 16So they sent their disciples to him, along… Continue reading

    Pentecost 21A: What an interesting way to be wrong!
  • Seeing God Through The Fog: Easter 3A

    Faith Lutheran Church, Batesburg, SC, April 23, 2023 Luke 24:13-35 13Now on that same day [when Jesus had appeared to Mary Magdalene,] two [disciples] were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, 14and talking with each other about all these things… Continue reading

    Seeing God Through The Fog: Easter 3A
  • A Sower Went Out to Sow: Pentecost 7A

    Sermon for University Lutheran Church, Clemson, SC on July 16, 2023 Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 “A sower went out to sow. He sowed seeds on the path. He sowed seeds on the rocks. He sowed seeds among the thorns. Finally, he… Continue reading

    A Sower Went Out to Sow: Pentecost 7A
  • Holy Housekeeping: Sermon for Advent 1B

    24“But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened,and the moon will not give its light,25and the stars will be falling from heaven,and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 26Then they will see ‘the Son… Continue reading

    Holy Housekeeping: Sermon for Advent 1B
  • A New Thing

    The Beginning is Coming! This blog is a place for me to post videos of my sermons and teaching moments. Continue reading

    A New Thing