St. Stephen’s Evangelical Lutheran Church and School | Beaver Dam, WI | 920.885.3309
A sermon on James 4:7-12 for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost, September 27/30, 2018. Some of the hardest words to speak are “I’m sorry.” Oh, they flow from our lips quite easily, but the meaning behind those words is lost. We say that we are sorry just to get someone off our back. We do…
A sermon on Isaiah 35:4-7a for the 16th Sunday after Pentecost, September 6/9, 2018. The big day arrives. Our palms grow sweaty from the eager anticipation. The days, which we have been patiently counting down for months, finally grow into hours and minutes. Our hearts pound. All of this builds up to this grand event….
A sermon on John 6:35-51 for 13th Sunday after Pentecost, August 16/19, 2018. “Come Lord Jesus be our guest, let these gifts to us be blessed. O, give thanks unto the Lord for he is good, for his mercy endures forever.” Many meals have opened with this prayer. It focuses our attention on the provider…
A sermon on II Corinthians 9:8-11 for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost July 26/29, 2018. It is that time of the year again. If you go into stores, the aisles bring a reminder of what soon will come. Ads, if they have not gone out yet will be soon, announce sales. Parents and children both…
A sermon on Ezekiel 2:1-7 for the 7th Sunday after Pentecost, July 5/8, 2018. What was the hardest thing you have ever done? Was it trying to figure out how to properly write a paragraph or deciphering different parts of speech? Was it going off to college only to find out it was no…
A sermon on Luke 19:1-10 for the 4th Sunday after Pentecost June 14/17, 2017. The story is told of a local fitness center that was offering $1,000 to anyone who could show they were stronger than the owner of the gym. Here’s how it worked: The muscle-bound owner would squeeze a lemon into a glass…
A Sermon on Romans 8:12-17 for Trinity Sunday, May 24/27, 2018. Do we have any bakers or aspiring chefs here today? When we first learn to make something, we will follow a recipe. We check and double check to make sure that we add the right amount of ingredients. We have all the measuring cups…
It had been a long day. Work demanded our full attention leaving us on the go from the time we started until we left. Once we got home the kids beg for help with their homework, maybe even some projects they waited for the last minute to complete. The refrigerator is empty, so what will…
A sermon on I John 3:18-24 for the 5th Sunday after Easter, April 26/29, 2018. The advice is given all the time. We need to live in the moment. We want to make sure we capture everything going on around us. We want to make sure our mind is clearly focused right here at the…
A Sermon on Acts 3:11-20 for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, April 12/15, 2018. Have you ever had that “aha” moment happen in your life? The time, after many struggles with something, it all of a sudden becomes crystal clear. For me, it often happened in math class. A certain concept just would not stick….
