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Boise Music Week Sermon

Boise Music Week Community Worship Service – May 5, 2023 First Presbyterian Church Psalm 46 1 God is our refuge and strength,   a very present help in trouble.2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,   though the mountains shake in the heart … Continue reading

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May 5, 2024 – Mountain Home

Grace Lutheran, Mountain Home Welcome Father Larry Spier John 15:9-17 Today Jesus builds on his simple metaphor: he is the vine, and we are the branches. The imperative is quite clear: love. I find that there is so much in … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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