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Refusing to be Consoled: Climate Change and the Modern-day Slaughter of the Innocents

First Sunday of Christmas 2016 The Rev. Dr. Leah D. Schade Assistant Professor of Preaching and Worship Lexington Theological Seminary, Lexington, KY Author, Creation-Crisis Preaching: Ecology, Theology and the Pulpit (Chalice Press, 2016) Text:  Matthew 2:13-23 “A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they […]

Christmas Sermon – Holy Interruption

Painting The Adoration of the Shepherds by Bartolome Murillo, Mary and shepherds gathered around the infant Jesus

“Holy Interruption” — Christmas 2016 The Rev. Dr. Leah D. Schade Assistant Professor of Preaching and Worship, Lexington Theological Seminary, Lexington, KY Author, Creation-CrisisPreaching: Ecology, Theology and the Pulpit (Chalice Press, 2016) Text: Luke 2:2-20 In a congregation I served several years ago, I sent out an informal email poll asking people the following question: […]

Finding Community in our Holy Waters During a Time of Isolation

Pastor Susan Henry speaking at an outdoor wooden podium surrounded by trees and flowers

While many are anxious and isolated during this time of response to a pandemic, we offer these reflections on this week’s readings. (If there are other recordings you wish to share as a balm to soothe and inspiration to act for the common good please submit them here.) March 15, 2020 – 3rd Sunday in […]

Fourth Sunday of Easter in Year C (Susan Henry)

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Revelation’s Easter Message Readings for Series C (2016, 2019, 2022) Revelation 7:9-17 **Acts 9:36-43 **John 10:22-30 Sermon from Pastor Susan Henry at House of Prayer Lutheran Church,  Hingham MA More than Just Weird Grace to you and peace from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. After Sunday worship last week, Kurt Lundin leaned in […]

God in Forests: Who is Jesus for Chipmunks?

A chipmunk standing in grass eating a seed

A Service In and For the Forests – Feel free to share this worship service or get ideas – we appreciate acknowledgement! Click here to download bulletin. Pentecost Creation/Forest — July 15, 2018 Homily by Pastor Susan Henry, House of Prayer Lutheran Church Who Is Jesus for Chipmunks? For maybe twenty-five years, I’ve mulled over […]

Creation of the Cosmos: “Of All that is Seen and Unseen”

A glowing spiral galaxy surrounded by stars in deep space

Creation of Cosmos Service – Feel free to download and share this bulletin.  Please don’t forget acknowledgements. Creation: The Universe  – – June 17, 2018 Homily by Pastor Susan Henry, House of Prayer Lutheran Church, Hingham MA Of All That Is, Seen and Unseen In the summer, it would be hard not to notice the […]

Where are We? From the Microscopic to the Cosmos: Services and Sermons

Circular illustration of intertwined tree roots surrounded by a ring of trees

Over the summer of 2018 Pastor Susan Henry at House of Prayer Lutheran Church in Hingham Massachusetts decided to try something a little different.  After reading several books about the human relationship with creation over the years she wanted share some of these perspectives that may not come up in the typical lectionary cycle. The […]

A Theology of Liturgy in a New Key: Worshiping With Creation

Cover of "The Season of Creation: A Preaching Commentary" edited by Norman C. Habel, David Rhoads, and H. Paul Santmire

Thanks to David Rhoads, Paul Santmire, and Norman Habel who share here their Chapter 2 of “The Season of Creation: A Preaching Commentary” (Fortress Press 2011). Please download and share the excerpt here. The complete book is available here: https://bookshop.org/books/the-season-of-creation-a-preaching-commentary/ This resource is a timeless guide for anyone curious about integrating caring for the earth […]

Sermon on Public Witness

On the Way Pentecost 17 B / Proper 19                             September 16, 2018 Isaiah 50:4-9a    James 3:1-12   Mark 8:27-38 Pastor Susan Henry – House of Prayer Lutheran Church, Hingham MA Grace to you and peace from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We’re right smack in the middle of Mark’s telling of the story of Jesus, but […]

The Stewardship of Creation: A Theological Reflection

by David Rhoads Steward is a biblical term that refers to a manager who is responsible for the goods and property of another. A steward is not therefore an owner, but one who has a responsibility to an owner to treat property with care and respect. Stewardship is a term that refers to the responsibility of a steward […]

Within Limits: Remember the Sabbath

Jim Martin-Schramm Luther College Chapel October 7, 2011 Exodus 23:10-12 (or 31:12-17) Within Limits: Remember the Sabbath Our reading this morning is from the 23rd chapter of Exodus: For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield; but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, so that […]

Blessing of All the Animals: A Sermon

By David Rhoads And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.” So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm and every winged bird of every […]

National Preach-In on Climate Change: Sermon for Epiphany 6A

Sermon for Sixth Sunday in Epiphany, Year A Deuteronomy 30:5-20 Saint Andrew and Emmaus Lutheran Churches, Racine WI February 16, 2014 – National Preach-In on Climate Change Dr. Peter W. Bakken Executive Director, Wisconsin Interfaith Power and Light May the words of my mouth, and the meditations of our hearts, be acceptable in your sight, […]