Explore past sermons from Peace Lutheran Church. Read a summary, find the scripture references, and download the original sermon manuscript.
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MLK: Legacy of Non-violent Change
The prophets call us to just relationships; Jesus calls us to love even our enemies; St. Paul calls us to specific acts of love. The life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. testifies to the power of advocating for justice through non-violent means. How can we be specific, just, loving in our every day…
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Beloved
In his baptism, Jesus enters fully into the tragic structure of human existence. As we come to the font we hear the voice from heaven declare our status before God as beloved children.
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What’s Next?
After the post-Christmas letdown, we ask “what’s next?” The story of young Jesus and Paul’s invitation in Colossians provide an answer: remembering who we are and whose we are.
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A Sign for You
We look eagerly for signs from on high to counter the dark and difficult experiences of our world. But the sign God gives us on Christmas is not what we expect: a baby wrapped up and lying in a manger.
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Joy and Pain
This week the joy and the pain of the journey toward Christ’s coming are set right next to each other, together, side by side. Joy, rather than happiness, is God’s gift to all who thirst for good news in parched times. Black Nativity embodies that journey from exile to hope.
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Tender Compassion
The author of Luke gives us the backstory of John, situating him in real time and place and authenticating our search for a God who is anchored in reality. When events from the world find us asking WHY?, we find ourselves face to face with the God who hides himself in suffering, and who meets…
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In the End, it’s Hope
As the season of Advent begins once more, and with it a new church year, we are invited to begin again in our selves and in our yearning, to orient our lives toward a promise worth living for. No matter what the scale or the size of the canvass on which are lives are lived,…
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A Different Kind of King
On Christ Reigns Sunday, we enter the courtroom of Pilate, and are soon asking the question, Who is really on trial here?
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Endings and Beginnings
When Jesus spoke of end times he used language that evoked human birth. He told his disciples not to be alarmed and invited them, as he invites us, to approach God’s future with boldness and confidence. Not with an attitude that says all our hopes will be satisfied, or with a naiveté that suggests endings…
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Widows
Care for widows and other vulnerable ones runs deep in the scriptures. Jesus critiques institutional religion, and we see the parallels in our own time. Yet, radical trust in God is still possible even in the most dire circumstances. Micro-financing provides a new way in today’s world for the vulnerable to build a future of…