Sermons from March 2025
Ash Wednesday, March 5th, 2025 Worship
For the first time in my pastoral career, we get an overlap of Lent with Ramadan. I’ve been blessed with many interfaith relationships over the course of my lifetime, including with several Muslim friends who have taught me a lot about the beauty of Ramadan. While Christians often complain about giving up meat on Fridays or some other beloved thing for the 40 days of…
Sunday March 2nd, 2025 Worship
In talking about my call story, I’ve shared that there was absolutely no way, ever, that I was going to be a pastor. As my willingness to accept my call ebbed and flowed over the course of about 6 years, one of the moments that affected my ability to accept my call happened while sitting in a little chapel in Jerusalem. As we gathered at the Lutheran Church of the…