Explore past sermons from Peace Lutheran Church. Read a summary, find the scripture references, and download the original sermon manuscript.
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Starting from Below
The story of Naaman is not only a story of God’s healing through Elisha for a person outside of Israel. It is a story of how God works through the supposed “inconsequential” ones of this world to plant seeds of transformation. It’s not the headlines or headliners who drive this story, but the nearly invisible,…
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Meeting God in Silence
How do we expect God to show up for us? Elijah discovered God in the “sound of sheer silence.” In a world overrun with words, having the time and space to drink in silence can be a true gift.
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Return to the Garden
Our congregation’s focus during this year’s Season of Creation is on the relationship of pollinating insects and flowering plants in largely hidden drama that unfolds in gardens and fields and orchards throughout the Northwest, across the continent, and around the world. The opening chapters of Genesis tell the story of EDEN—the primordial Garden in which…
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What does this mean?
On this Pentecost/Confirmation Sunday, Pastor Erik Kindem and Youth Ministry Director Nicole Klinemeier reflect on the shared experiences and gifts of each of the five confirmands, using the appointed texts as a lens.
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Scholarship Sunday Senior Sermons
Three graduating high school seniors, all recipients of the Peace Scholarship award, preach the gospel as they reflect on their experiences in community at Peace and the next steps they are taking on their life journeys.
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Watershed Moment
There’s a stream of water running through our texts this morning, from the Aegean Sea in Acts, to the River of Life in Revelation, to the pool of Beth-zatha in Jerusalem. A series of watersheds—physical and spiritual—connect our readings this morning, drawing connections between the physical waters that inhabit of our lives and the watershed…
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The Voice of the Shepherd
One Navaho sheepherder, when shown a photo of the Empire State building, asked: How many sheep does it hold? In other words, CAN I FIND A PLACE WITHIN MY WORLD FOR THIS BUILDING? IS THERE A WAY TO FIT IT INTO MY LIFE CONTEXT, MY REALITY? In today’s gospel text from John, context (the Feast…
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Recognizing the Risen One
After two encounters with Jesus behind locked doors in Jerusalem, Jesus appears for a third time after Simon Peter and others have arrived back in Galilee. They know there’s something they should be doing, but not at all sure what it is. So they go back to what they know: fishing. When an all night…
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From Idle Tale to Holy Mystery
As the women disciples of Jesus move toward his tomb in the half-light of dawn, prepared to anoint his body, they keep their thoughts focused on the task at hand, lest they be swept into the vortex of grief. This same vortex hangs over Paris in the wake of the fire at Notre Dame. This…
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New Narrative – New Freedom
Having the responsibility of dealing with my elderly parents’ theological library as we prepared their home for sale led to a reflection on narrative, opening on some new ways of understanding Mary’s motivation for anointing Jesus, and also connecting with our Extraordinary Witness in this current series of sermons: Dietrich Bonhoeffer. The upshot: whatever narratives…