Sermon, Pentecost 13C, the Story Week 18, Exile: Faith in flames Psalm 16, Hebrews 10:11-14, 19-25, Luke 12:4-7 Daniel 3:19-27 19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and his attitude toward them changed. He ordered the furnace hea ted seven times hotter than usual 20 and commanded some of the strongest soldiers in his [...]
Sermon, St Petri, Sunday August 7, 2016, Pentecost 12C. Story Week 17, The Fall of Judah and the Prophet Jeremiah, Isaiah 53:6-11, Jeremiah 21:8-14, John 1:29-34 Isaiah 53:6-11 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us [...]
Sermon ; Pentecost 11C, Story Week 16 The Fall of Israel, The beginning of the end Romans 13:1-7, Matthew 6:28-34 Psalm 146: 2-3 2 I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. 3 Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot [...]
Sermon, Pentecost 8C, Story Week 13, Sunday July 20, 2016. Solomon: The King Who Had It All Psalm 107:1-3, 21-22, Ephesians 2:14-22, Luke 6:46-49 1 Kings 2:1-4 When the time drew near for David to die, he gave a charge to Solomon his son. 2 “I am about to go the way of all the earth,” [...]
Sermon, Sunday June 26, 2016, St Petri , THE STORY Week 11 Slingshot from Shepherd to King Psalm 9: 9-20, 2 Corinthians 6:1-13, John 14:9-12 1 Samuel 17:41-50 41 Meanwhile, the Philistine, with his shield bearer in front of him, kept coming closer to David. 42 He looked David over and saw that he was little more [...]
SERMON, Sunday June 19, 2016. St Petri, Pentecost 5C, Story Week 10 Saul: Standing tall: Falling hard Psalm 54, Galatians 5:16-25, Matthew 6:19-24 1 Samuel 12:20-25 20 “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “You have done all this evil; yet do not turn away from the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. 21 Do [...]
Sermon, Sunday June 12, 2016, St Petri Ruth 1:6-9,16-18, Psalm 146, Hebrews 9:11-14, Luke 24: 13-25 Ruth 1:6-9,16-18 6 When Naomi heard in Moab that the Lord had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there. 7 With her two daughters-in-law she left [...]
Sermon, Sunday June 5th, 2016 Pentecost 3C, Story Week 8 Judges: A Few Good Men…And Women Psalm 138, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Matthew 11:27-30 Judges 6:11-16 11 The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress [...]
Sermon, Pentecost 2C, The Story 7 Joshua: The Battle Begins Psalm 138, Ephesians 6:10-20, Matthew 28:16-20 Joshua 1:1-2, 6-9 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ aide: 2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross [...]
Sermon, Pentecost Day, May 15, 2016, St Petri. Genesis 11:1-9 The tower of Babel and confusion of tongues John 14:8-17 Jesus promises the Holy Spirit Acts 2:1-21 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled [...]
