St. John's Lutheran Church

10/19/2026

What are we to make of Ezra? Last Sunday I’d warned that we’d be reading about something he does that we’ll probably disagree with. We’ll ...

10/12/2026

When I was a kid I wanted to have faith the way it seemed biblical heroes did. They seemed to have perfect confidence in God’s deliverance ...

10/05/2026

Lutherans believe that the Bible is inspired by God and is the ultimate authority in all matters of faith and doctrine. That’s loaded state...

09/30/2026

There are many computer games where if you fail you just start over. You get a fresh and new attempt. In some computer games, you the play...

09/22/2026

The book is named Ezra, but we don’t meet him in chapter one. Instead, we meet a man very important to Jewish history, but he barely gets a...

09/08/2026

What does society tell us we were created to be? Does it tell us anything? Are we told we’re the product of our parents’ choices? Or perh...

08/31/2026

(This sermon was created for St. John's Lutheran Church in Lyons. I lead worship there when a month has five Sundays. It departs from the...

08/26/2026

If you grew up Roman Catholic you probably know the “Seven Deadly Sins.” They are: pride, envy, wrath, gluttony, lust, sloth, and greed. A...

08/18/2026

Many of you are familiar with the book A Long Walk to Water, which is a children’s book about the early life of Salva Dut. Dut was born in ...

08/10/2026