Welcome to the archive of Pastor Frank's sermons. For new sermons follow this link.
Please note that these are often adapted for this space, as I don't
always preach fully off a manuscript, and even when I do a sermon is a
one-time event. Any attempt at replication tends to leave me cold. So,
instead of replicating each sermon, I provide you with a post that is
often the words of the sermon, but always in its spirit.
Hope you enjoy!
January 5, 2014- Christmas 2: "What are we looking for?" Turns out it's probably Jesus
January 12, 2014- Baptism of our Lord: Fun things make Lutherans anxious: Miracles, enjoyment, and the purpose that holds it all together
January 19, 2014- Epiphany 2: God's economy versus the money economy
January 26, 2014- Epiphany 3: John 3:16 and the virtue of humility
February 2, 2014- Epiphany 4: The woman at the well: Saint, sinner, and model of faith
February 16, 2014- Epiphany 6: This is a sermon on dualism, but I don't use the word so I think we're OK
February 23, 2014- Epiphany 7: What happens when you write a scathing sermon directed at one person
March 16, 2014- Lent 2: Service is a joy and those who think differently haven't tried it
March 23, 2014- Lent 3: We are flawed. So what? Jesus will use us anyway
March 30, 2014- Lent 4: "What is truth?" part II, the conclusion
April 6, 2014- Lent 5: In Pilate's house: The politics of death and the absurd politics of new life
April 13, 2014- Palm Sunday: Palm Sunday and the Way of Despair
April 17, 2014- Maundy Thursday: The 31st Psalm and the cross
April 18, 2014- Good Friday: And it was "good": A meditation for Good Friday
April 20, 2014- Easter Sunday: Grace-filled insanity: Easter and the way of the cross
April 27, 2014- Easter 2: The Thomas in all of us: Searching for faith in a proof-driven world
May 4, 2014- Easter 3: Have you been saved? On conversion experiences and the long road of faith
May 25, 2014- Easter 6: Busy: The four letter word for the church of the 21st century
June 1, 2014- Easter 7: True humility vs Minnesota nice
June 8, 2014- Pentecost: Our biggest handicap: The #1 thing life in Kittson County lacks
June 15, 2014- Holy Trinity: Diet Doom and Gloom: The first commandment with a side of hope
June 29, 2014- Pentecost 3: Bondage or Freedom: What makes us happy?
July 13, 2014- Pentecost 5: Almost like falling in love: On service and comfort
July 27, 2014- Pentecost 7: What is the world?
August 3, 2014- Pentecost 8: We love because he first loved us
August 17, 2014- Pentecost 10: Commitment matters
August 31, 2014- Pentecost 12: Why Ruth? Not a moral but a genealogy
September 7, 2014- Pentecost 13: Downstream of the flood: Water, Death, and Resurrection
September 14, 2014- Pentecost 14: Individual purpose? Meet the body of Christ
September 28, 2014- Pentecost 16: Remember the good ol' days?
October 5, 2014- Pentecost 17: Law, love, power, and death; the commandments pretty much have it all
October 12, 2014- Pentecost 18: Choose your gods wisely
October 19, 2014- Pentecost 19: Becoming Goliath: Underdogs and the career arc of King David
October 26, 2014- Reformation Day: Wisdom vs knowledge, or why Confirmation doesn't work
November 2, 2014- Pentecost 21: Not politics as usual: Election Day and the story of Naaman
November 9, 2014- Pentecost 22: Does fear of the Lord still matter? (And other leading questions)
November 16, 2014- Pentecost 23: Bullying into prayer, swords into plowshares
November 23, 2014- Christ the King: Generational lines, "All Star" clergy, and reaching the aliens
November 30, 2014- Advent 1: It's
harder to be thankful as the oppressor than the oppressed (thoughts on
Thanksgiving, Habakkuk, Ferguson, and whether we should be affected)
December 14, 2014- Advent 3: Know yourself... or else you'll never know why Jesus had to come
December 21, 2014- Advent 4: Joseph and the importance of just showing up
December 24, 2014- Xmas Eve: Stories, not numbers, on this Christmas Eve
December 28, 2014- Christmas 1: Not a little more. All.
