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April 28, 2024
Troy Lutheran, Troy, Idaho John 15:1-8 (Vine and Branches) Today’s gospel text, with its wonderful imagery of the vine and branches, poses challenging questions to the contemporary Christian community. It asks, what does it mean for the church to live … Continue reading
Installation at Hope Lutheran
April 21, 2024 Rev. Mark Behrendt’s Installation at Hope, Eagle John 21:15-17 What a journey you have had Hope Lutheran. First, with everyone else, you came through the global pandemic. You said goodbye to a pastor and then welcomed an … Continue reading
March 16, 2024
With thanks to Spokane Westward Cluster Dean Pastor Carol Yeager for starting to connect the Rule of Benedict and Life Together for me and to Treasure Valley Cluster Co-Dean Pastor Lucas Shurson for asking the question about obedience, all during … Continue reading
Midweek Lent – First Article
St Luke, Spokane, Feb. 21, 2024 First Article of the Apostle’s Creed For our synod staff devotions this year, we have been exploring Martin Luther’s Small Catechism, using a book I had long owned but never read, Praying the Catechism. A … Continue reading
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Lent 1 – Feb. 18
Trinity, Pullman – Feb. 18, 2024 Mark 10:17-31 (Narrative Lectionary) 17As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”18Jesus said … Continue reading
Feb. 4, 2024 at Christ Lutheran, Walla Walla
Christ Lutheran, Walla Walla Mark 1:29-39 29As soon as they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at … Continue reading
Installation at Immanuel, Boise
Immanuel, Boise – Jan. 28, 2024 Mark 1:21-28 21They went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. 22They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the … Continue reading
Baptism of of our Lord, 2024
St. John’s American Falls – Jan. 7, 2024 Mark 1:4-11 4John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5And people from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were … Continue reading
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Dec. 3, 2023 at Our Savior
Sermon preached for Advent 1 at Our Savior, Pinehurst, Idaho Mark 13:24-37 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 … Continue reading
Reign of Christ Sermon, Zion, Nov. 26, 2023
Zion, Spokane Valley – Nov. 26, 2023, Matt. 25:31-46, Zion Lutheran’s 75th Anniversary It’s the end of the church year, Reign of Christ Sunday. At the beginning of Matthew’s gospel, we heard the lineage of Jesus—linking Jesus to King David, the … Continue reading
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A Place at the Table 