Explore past sermons from Peace Lutheran Church. Read a summary, find the scripture references, and download the original sermon manuscript.
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The Way Forward
How does the church move forward in a context the American context, in which the “none zone” is growing and there is a longing for authentic expressions of faith and community? Christianity after Religion by Diana Butler Bass informs this week’s sermon.
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From Shame to Gratitude
On this Father’s Day puts us face to face with two texts with two abysmally poor male role models: the selfish, sulking Ahab and the judgmental, self-righteous Simon. No surprise; for from ADAM on down, we simply won’t find any unsullied male figure in the Bible—father or not—who can be touted as an ideal role…
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The Particularity of Compassion
What are we to make of this story, and other miracle stories like it in the gospels? Are they to be taken as factual, historical occurrences in which the laws of nature as we know them are suspended? Or are they first and foremost theological stories designed to portray theological truths in existential clothing? Are…
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Holy Wisdom in Creation
How are we to imagine the role of Woman Wisdom in creation? What is the relationship between her and the Creator? Is Wisdom God’s laborer? Is she an attribute of God’s self? Is Wisdom a skilled artisan working side by side with God, assisting God in the act of creation? OR, A toddler underfoot, keeping…
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Our Geo-caching God
As five young men affirm their baptisms on Pentecost Sunday, Pastor Kindem shares tales of their geocaching adventures, and how God is the ultimate Geocacher who never stops seeking after us until we’re home.
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Coming Attractions
When Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut and the first human being in outer space, returned from orbiting Earth he’s reputed to have said: “I looked and looked but I didn’t see any God up there,” thereby confirming that all religion must be false. Whether he actually said those words or not, the statement “I didn’t…
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His Seed In Us
“In the spring, at the end of the day you should smell like dirt,” says Margaret Atwood. Well, I’m not sure we’ll all leave here smelling like dirt, but this morning we are all about deepening our awareness of how all these good gifts around us—with the gracious conditions that make it so—come from our…
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A Wider Circle
In the opening scene of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, we meet Tevye, the milkman, as he makes his rounds through the village of Anatevka, introducing us to his community. Tevye summarizes their way of life together with one word . . .TRADITION! “Without tradition,” Tevye declares, “our lives would be as shaky as a fiddler…
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He Showed Them His Wounds
Our gospel story today is a familiar one to us. We hear it every year on the first Sunday after Easter. After the joy and celebration of Christ’s resurrection, it serves as a kind of REALITY CHECK. It records Jesus’ first appearance to the apostles after his resurrection, and we get the feeling that his…
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Ripples of Resurrection
The women came to give his body a proper burial, but nothing could prepare them for what they found when they arrived—an empty tomb, and the messengers’ question: WHY DO YOU SEEK THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD? As Easter morning dawns, we find ourselves with those women looking for Jesus in the graveyard because death…