Today We Start With Why
We are just one week away from the 2nd anniversary of the tornado that came through Owatonna, September 20th, 2018. Remember that one? For a couple of days, the power … Continue reading Today We Start With Why
Category: Sermons
Crossing Boundaries
Sam, our youngest son, and I were on a canoe trip in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area trip a couple of weeks ago. We’d been paddling up along the Canadian … Continue reading Crossing Boundaries
From Compassion to Action
Human beings have an interesting and sometimes complicated relationship with our own emotions. As children, we try to learn to manage them. Everything is immediate and everything is a crisis. … Continue reading From Compassion to Action
Be Where Your Feet Are
There is a line in today’s Gospel story that has caught my attention. Jesus is telling a parable about how someone has polluted a wheat field with weeds. In the … Continue reading Be Where Your Feet Are
Patina
I have been looking forward to this week’s reading from the Gospel of Matthew for weeks. Really, I have. For at least a month, we’ve been plowing away through these … Continue reading Patina
From the Rooftops
I recently read an article about a project called StoryCorps. StoryCorps was the brainchild of a man named Dave Isay, who is a documentary film maker. Isay got permission to … Continue reading From the Rooftops
The Spirit Comes…
The Spirit comes. Whether we see it or not…whether we sense it or not…whether we ask for it or not…the Spirit comes. And today we remember this gift, the gift … Continue reading The Spirit Comes…
When Jesus’ Prayers Are For You
In the fall of my senior year of high school, I had applied to colleges, and I was awaiting their answer. That is a time of anxiousness. Back then you … Continue reading When Jesus’ Prayers Are For You
Take a Walk
As human beings, we sometimes miss things. We just do. We’ve all done it. We are supposed to see, or do, recognize something…and we just don’t. I think we can … Continue reading Take a Walk
Not Your Average Easter
He is risen! He is risen indeed! On a normal Easter Sunday, before the worship begins, the pastors and the choir would be gathered at the back doors, the lights … Continue reading Not Your Average Easter
The Seven Last Words
The first word from the cross tonight is from Luke 23:34. “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” The first word from the cross was a prayer. … Continue reading The Seven Last Words
When Love Comes to Town
It was a beautiful summer Sunday afternoon, and I was driving a group of elementary age youth out to Bible camp. There were around 60 kids on board the church’s … Continue reading When Love Comes to Town
