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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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Installation in Moscow, Idaho
Meggan Manlove Emmanuel, Moscow– Oct. 15, 2023 Exodus 32:1-14, Matthew 22:1-14 I will confess that when I first read this passage from Exodus, I thought I would focus on the first half of the passage, during which the Israelites go … Continue reading
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Sept. 17, 2023
Sermon preached at St. Mark’s Lutheran, Spokane. This was the second sermon in a series titled “Work of the People.” Last week’s sermon was on the Gathering and Confession and Forgiveness. Acts 8:26-40 26 Then an angel of the Lord said … Continue reading
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Sept. 10, 2023
Luke 10:25-37 (Messy Church Theme) at Immanuel Lutheran, Boise Luke 10:25-37 25 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ 26He said to him, ‘What is written in the law? What do … Continue reading
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A Place at the Table 