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Practice and Perseverance
Introduction St. Mark’s on the Campus Episcopal Church, Lincoln, Neb., celebrates the Holy Eucharist on Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. The parish’s rector, Father Jerry Thompson, asked me to lead worship on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. The liturgy features the feast of St. Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino (c. A.D. 540), transferred from July…
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“Preferring Absolutely Nothing to Christ”
Introduction St. Mark’s on the Campus Episcopal Church celebrates the Eucharist on Tuesdays. Father Jerry Thompson invited me to lead worship on July 12, 2011. As is the parish’s practice, the service remembers a saint or other figure, transferring an observance if one does not fall on that particular date. Since July 11 is the…
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Pleasing Sacrifices
This is the sermon I prepared for Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 29, 2010. + + + Readings Proverbs 25:6–7 Psalm 112 (antiphon v. 4) Hebrews 13:1–8, 15–16 Luke 14:1, 7–14 + + + Prayer Receive into Your hands, O Father, the sacrifice of our lives. We…
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Divine Math: 1+1+1=1
This is the sermon I prepared for Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., for the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity, May 30, 2010. + + + Readings Proverbs 8:1–4, 22–31 Psalm 8 (antiphon v.2) Romans 5:1–5 John 16:12–15 + + + Prayer Stir up in us, O Father, the gift of your Holy Spirit, so…
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Wisdom and Fear
“If you seek [wisdom] like silver, and like hidden treasure search her out: Then will you understand the fear of the LORD.” (Proverbs 2:4–4, NAB)
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Better Than Gold
“My fruit is better than gold, yes, than pure gold, and my revenue than choice silver.” (Proverbs 8:19, NAB)
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Trust with the Heart
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, on your own intelligence rely not….” (Proverbs 3:5, NAB)
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Dwelling in Security
“But he who obeys me dwells in security, in peace, without fear of harm.” (Proverbs 1:33, LH)
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“More Precious Than Jewels”
Introduction This is a funeral homily I preached at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Readings Proverbs 3:13-18 Psalm 23 Revelation 21:1-4, 9-11 John 14:1-7 Message Only a day—and yet a lifetime— separated the fifteenth day of November in 1920 when Dorothy Mae, a child of God, was born in…
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Fed for the Journey
Introduction I preached this sermon the weekend of Aug. 16, 2009, the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb. Readings Proverbs 9:1-6 Psalm 34:9-14 (10) Ephesians 5:15-20 John 6:51-58 Prayer Let us pray… “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation[s] of [our] heart[s] be acceptable to you, O LORD,…