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
“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: […]
Fourth Sunday of Easter in Year C (Susan Henry)
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 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 […]
Microscopic – Lost in Wonder, Love, and Praise
Micro-Creation Service Bulletin – Click here – free to share! (wonderful readings, music, etc.) Homily by Pastor Susan Henry, House of Prayer Lutheran Church – Hingham MA Pentecost 13 B Creation – – August 19, 2018 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and from our Lord Jesus Christ. Lost in Wonder, Love, […]
Creation of the Cosmos: “Of All that is Seen and Unseen”
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 […]
Justified by Land and Faith
Christian Faith and Environmental Ethics: Aldo Leopold’s Sand County Almanac and Luther’s Freedom of A Christian A timeless reflection shared by Marcia Bunge at Luther College in 1994 . Here Bunge relates the writings of revered conservationist, Aldo Leopold with the Doctrine of Creation and Justification from the Lutheran/Christian traditions. click here to download […]
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 […]
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 5A
Sermon for Epiphany 5A, the Rev. Lisa E. Dahill, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Worship and Christian Spirituality, Trinity Lutheran Seminary IPL Climate Preach-In, Trinity Lutheran Seminary Epiphany 5A, February 12, 2014 Isaiah 58:1-12; Psalm 112:1-10; 1 Corinthians 2:1-16; Matthew 5:13-20 This week is the annual Preach-In on Climate Change sponsored across the country by Interfaith Power and […]
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, […]
The Second Sunday in Easter in Year C (Waldkoenig13)
A Sermon by Gil Waldkoenig, Professor at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. Church of the Abiding Presence, April 10, 2013 The Second Sunday in Easter in Year C John 20: 19-31 Rev 1: 4-8 Acts 5:27-32 Lord, we believe. Help our unbelief. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about unbelief. The kind of unbelief that […]
Sample sermon: The First Sunday after Christmas in Year C
Sermon by Paul Santmire The First Sunday after Christmas in Year C (January 3, 2016) First Reading: Jeremiah 31:7-14 Psalm: Psalm 147:12-20 Second Reading: Ephesians 1:3-12 Gospel: John 1: [1-9] 10-18 Theme: Your God Isn’t Small Enough Text: “No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the […]