2013 Sermons

January 6, 2013- Epiphany: Grain and Chaff, Sinners and Saints
January 20, 2013- Epiphany 2: Fishers-of-men: On things that don't sound Minnesota-nice
January 27, 2013- Epiphany 3: You are not God: The reason for the Sabbath
February 13, 2013- Ash Wednesday: Dust
February 17, 2013- Lent 1: What happens when pastors get asked what they do
February 20, 2013- Wednesday 1: Rejoice, Pray, Give Thanks... Always
February 24, 2013- Lent 2: There are no "good" people: Your typical cheery Lenten sermon
March 3, 2013- Lent 3: The Prodigal Son and God's Economics
March 10, 2013- Lent 4: 10 or 12 out of 1700: The false arithmetic of salvation
March 13, 2013- Men's Breakfast: The Courage to Be Humble
March 17, 2013- Lent 5: Eternal Salvation, Present Salvation
March 24, 2013- Palm Sunday: The Hero We Need, Not the Hero We Deserve: Jesus and the Dark Knight 
March 28, 2013- Maundy Thursday: The order of operations matter: The Last Supper and the betrayal
March 29, 2013- Good Friday: Father, forgive us
March 31, 2013- Easter: Remembering our past: Easter-life
April 7, 2013- Easter 2: The breaking of bread and the road of life 
April 14, 2013- Easter 3: Martyrs, Harry Potter, and the happily ever after
April 21, 2013- Easter 4: It isn't complicated--Bombs, Boston, bullying, baptism and the Bible
May 5, 2013- Easter 6: Saul, Paul, and the advent of grace
May 12, 2013- Easter 7: Sin that unites us: On race, diversity, and oneness in Christ
May 19, 2013- Pentecost: A sermon for the high school graduates of 2013
May 26, 2013- Holy Trinity: An Intro to Revelation
June 2, 2013- Pentecost 2: The surprising theology of happiness
June 5, 2013- Midweek: One big, stinking church
June 9, 2013- Pentecost 3: Boredom, prayer and why reading Revelation stresses us out
June 15, 2013- Wedding: To become bound to the things that matter
June 16, 2013- Pentecost 4: The four horsemen: Been there, done that
June 30, 2013- Pentecost 5: This is worship. This is worship.
July 14, 2013- Pentecost 7: Mission trips and mission at home
July 28, 2013- Pentecost 9: The end of the world and fleeing from death: The one with Will Smith fighting aliens, Voldemort and angels pouring out bowls of wrath
August 4, 2013- Pentecost 10: Babylon and the importance of community in the digital age
August 18, 2013- Pentecost 12: Lutherans are weird
August 25, 2013- Pentecost 13: Being present in the present: The real challenge of "Always being made new"
September 1, 2013- Pentecost 14: "For I know the plans I have for you"--Revelation, Jeremiah and the telos of all things
September 8, 2013- Pentecost 15: New beginnings, nervousness, and God's proclamation that it's all good
September 15, 2013- Pentecost 16: You can't run away from the questions: Abraham and the binding of Isaac
September 22, 2013- Pentecost 17: The power of the "certain place" in fishing, hunting, and worship
September 29, 2013- Pentecost 18: We all find different things in life challenging: Moses' calling, our calling
October 13, 2013- Pentecost 20: Eli: A priest in need of the cross
October 20, 2013- Pentecost 21: The politicians we elect (and hate), and ones we reject and God elects
October 27, 2013- Reformation: Be a member--why not--but, more importantly, be a follower
November 3, 2013- All Saints Day: The thing we fear the most: Silence and the presence of God
November 10, 2013- Pentecost 24: So, you think you want justice to roll like waters?
November 24, 2013- Christ the King: Jeremiah 29:11 and the Challenge of Faith for the Twitter Generation
December 1, 2013- Advent 1: Preaching on golden idols is hard: A sermon on money, Black Friday, and generosity
December 8, 2013- Advent 2: Who mourns in lowly exile here: Dry bones and resurrection
December 15, 2013- Advent 3: An Ironic Sermon about the Cheapness of Words
December 22, 2013- Advent 4: Light it up: The light of the world and how we are unified by darkness
December 24, 2013- Christmas Eve: The Savior we need, not the Savior we want right now
December 29, 2013- Christmas 1: "What is truth?" Questions and answers in John's Gospel