Sermons
Sermon: Ash Wednesday, Year A
Observance of a Holy Lent
Debbie Stover and I were out and about today to bring ashes and communion to a few of our homebound folks. We brought this reminder of our mortality, these ashes, to people who cannot share in this communal service, to let them know that they are a part of us, even if they can...
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Sermon: The Last Sunday after the Epiphany: Transfiguration Year A
The church we belonged to for our entire married life, before I was ordained, is named The Church of the Epiphany in Plymouth, Minnesota. I guess after about 28 years attending a church named Epiphany, I am still a bit drawn to the visit by the non-Jew, wise people from the Ea...
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Sermon: Epiphany 5, Year A, 2/8/2026
Matthew 5:13-20: Salt and Light and Isaiah 58:1-12
As [most of] you are aware, I am from Minnesota. There are plenty of jokes about how our preferred spices are salt and pepper and that ketchup is considered spicy. That may have been true at one time, but I think as people moved to Minnesota from places all over the world, our...
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Sermon: 4th Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A
2/1/2026; Micah 6:1-8 and Matthew 5:1-12 A Wind in the Door by Madeline L’Engle
I’m in an online book club. We met last Sunday afternoon to discuss Madeline L’Engle’s book A Wrinkle in Time. When we were done, I decided to read the next in the four-book series, A Wind in the Door, and read it all by the end of the afternoon on Monday. I didn’t think it wo...
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Sermon: Epiphany 2 Year A 1/18/2026
John 1:29-42
It was just about 2:00 yesterday when I read a post on Facebook that helped me finally understand, or hear, what it was I needed to talk with you about today. It was the story of a very busy, middle-aged businessman whose 80-year-old mother came to live with him. He was nervou...
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