This sermon was first preached at an online worship service on Sunday, July 26 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square as part of a sermon series on the book of Romans. Relevant reading here. [ deep sigh ] The Spirit intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words. [ deep sigh ] […]
Sermon first preached online for Good Shepherd Lutheran Church during Bi Visibility Week 2020. A Love Letter to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and to anyone celebrating Bi Visibility Week this week, I came out as bisexual when I was about 19 years old, around the same time that the ELCA decided I could pursue my […]
This sermon was originally preached at an online service of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square on Sunday, August 30th as part of a series called, “Stories You Don’t Hear in Church.” Relevant readings can be found here. Those of us with strained family dynamics or broken relationships know that the hurt that results […]
This story was originally preached at an online sermon of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square on Sunday, August 23 as part of a series on the “Stories You Don’t Hear in Church.” Relevant readings can be found here. When Pastor Erin and I were throwing around the idea of a season of preaching […]
This sermon was first preached on June 28, 2020 in an online church service with St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square. It is part of a month-long Pride celebration, bringing queer theology and queer biblical interpretation into worship through the liturgy and preaching. Relevant reading here and continues here. Ketonet ×›Ö°Ö¼×ªÖ¹× Ö¶×ª Did you catch that in […]
This sermon was first preached on June 21, 2020 in an online church service with St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square. It is part of a month-long Pride celebration, bringing queer theology and queer biblical interpretation into worship through the liturgy and preaching. Relevant text here. A rain came to Sodom and Gomorrah. But […]
This sermon was first preached for an online service of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square on Sunday, May 10, 2020.  You can watch and participate in St. Luke’s online worship on our Facebook page at 10:10 am on Sundays, central time. Relevant lectionary readings here. This week the reading in Acts tells us […]
First preached for an online worship service at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square on Sunday, April 26th. You can worship with us Sundays at 10:10 am central time at St. Luke’s Facebook page. Relevant lectionary readings here. It’s been another week of feeling like we are on the strangest timeline. The days […]
This sermon was originally preached for an online Easter Vigil, Saturday, April 11, 2020 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square. Relevant lectionary readings here. This is the night where we gather together and sit around the fire as the dark creeps in, and we tell and retell our favorite stories. Stories that began […]
This sermon was originally preached for an online reflection on Holy Saturday at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square. Relevant lectionary readings here. It’s Holy Saturday, the morning after it happened. The disciples are huddled inside, frozen and afraid. A few of the women have begun preparing burial spices, channeling their mourning into action, […]
