by Andreas Wagner | Feb 17, 2020 | Sermons
The Beatitudes are at once the opening liturgy of the Sermon on the Mount and by far its most beautiful part. Our Thursday morning study group has been reading and discussing that section of the Bible over the last three weeks. Listening to Rob, who leads the study,...
by Andreas Wagner | Jan 26, 2020 | Sermons
What a difference a single week can make! Things happen that change your outlook on life, your sense of comfort, your feeling of identity, who you are. Everything was moving along nicely and then all of a sudden, the ground under you shakes, emotions flare up, tears...
by Andreas Wagner | Jan 26, 2020 | Sermons
Watching some of the trees on our home property has been sad lately. Just last month I took down three plum trees that always produced beautiful red flowers in the spring. In fact, when those three trees started blooming it was the official beginning of spring for me....
by Andreas Wagner | Jan 26, 2020 | Sermons
We don’t suffer fools easily in this congregation. The majority of us pair their faith with a healthy sense of realism. When someone tells us, “The world is coming to an end!” Lutherans won’t pack up and abandon their lives. When someone proclaims that poverty is...
by Andreas Wagner | Oct 30, 2019 | Sermons
Dear people of the church, We aren’t that bad, are we? I mean, as blatantly righteous as the Pharisee in this parable, as unashamedly condescending, comparing ourselves with those whom we deem not as good, not as successful, not as…, we are not really that bad, are...
by Andreas Wagner | Oct 30, 2019 | Sermons
Today’s gospel consists of two paragraphs, and for most people who read them, those two parts seem to come from opposite universes. The first paragraph talks about the incredible power of faith, while the second urges humility. In the first paragraph the believer is...