In this final sermon as Senior Pastor, the preacher digs deep into the core value of his call, worshiping God as humankind’s highest priority. John 17: 20-26
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In our Gospel reading for today we hear about the first time that Jesus had to suffer in his ministry, and in our second lesson we learn of the time when Jesus not only knew what it was like to suffer, but he suffered in place of someone else. As we seek to love the […]
One of the most important jobs that we have as Christians is to be Christ’s presence in the world. And while sometimes acts of grace are needed, for example, feeding the hungry, as we heard as a prelude to our lesson from 1 Kings, there are many times when simply being by one’s side is […]
With what can we compare the first Pentecost? The preacher creates a real life parable of ministry with and to residents of a memory support assisted living facility.
While we don’t have wings, or a heavenly glow, we too can be angels, or messengers of God. Sometimes our tasks as angels might be to engage folks with a smile and a warm greeting who might otherwise be disconnected from one another. Or at other times we might be called to be messengers of […]
The aftermath of the ELCA in assembly in our beloved Pittsburgh is the setting for this sermon. “Leadership, Worship, and Mission” are highlighted… and, oh yes, the thousand/dozen cookies are mentioned as Pittsburgh Lutherans laid on the loving kindness of confection! (Bishop Elect Eaton’s speech which Pastor Bill references is embedded below for your viewing.) […]
Elijah and Jesus show the compassion of God by raising dead sons of widows. Does God still raise the dead? How does the human reaction to our sinful condition hold up to the crises in our day? With an illustration of ministry at a time of great grief, the sermon invites the hearer to come […]
At this, the first Sunday after Pastor Anderson, a fifty year member of St. John’s, entering the church triumphant; this sermon is a tribute to his ministry. “When one has had the privilege of walking with Pastor Don Anderson, one had witnessed the work of God .” Also at this liturgy, Liam George was baptized, […]
Today we are gathered together for the third weekend after Epiphany and we hear a wonderful Gospel lesson from Luke where Jesus, at the beginning of his ministry, is back in his hometown of Nazareth on the Sabbath and so he goes to the synagogue and when he stands up to read they hand him […]
One of those days in the life of a pastor turns into a reversal of “Who is ministering to whom?” The hearer is encouraged to consider that: “You may be the only Jesus people you encounter this week may ever get to know!”
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