Augustana Podcasts

Sermon Title: A Pilgrimage Toward the Heart of God. Preacher: Deacon Stephanie Anderson. Preaching Text: Luke 13:31-35. Lent is a season of journeying - a pilgrimage of faith that leads us ever closer to the heart of Christ. In today's gospel, Jesus continues his path toward Jerusalem, undeterred by threats of obstacles. his mission is clear: to gather, to protect, and to love, even in the face of...

March 12 Evening Worship. Augustana member, Jordan Sorenson and Deaconess Claire Schoepp have a conversation about "When Faith is Tested".

Sermon Title: A Pilgrimage Away from Power. Preacher: Pastor Jason Byran-Wegner. Preaching Text: Luke 4:1-13. Today marks the first Sunday in Lent. Our theme for this season is Pilgrimage: Together Toward the Cross. God’s people have always been on the move, from Abraham to Isaiah, and from Jesus to Paul. These holy travels included awe-inspiring faith amidst adversity and trials. As we move toget...

Sermon Title: Fasting from Fallacy. Preacher: Deacon Stephanie Anderson. Preaching Text: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21. The season of Lent calls us to a discipline that resists evil and whatever leads us away from loving God and neighbor. This season is a pilgrimage. A time where we seek God’s mercy above all else and reflect on the ways our lives and the world are scarred by sin, in need of God’s redeemin...

Sermon Title: It Is Good For Us To Be Here. Preacher: Pastor Jason Bryan-Wegner. Preaching Text: Luke 9:28-36. We are celebrating Global Mission! Through our partnerships with the Church in Tanzania and Guatemala, we have seen God do extraordinary things over the last 35 years. This year, we are aiming to raise $80,000 to support the amazing ministries of these partners. As we worship today, parts...

Guest Preacher: Pastor Joyce Ndongongo. Preaching Text: Luke 6:27-38. Augustana has a long history of Expanding Our Horizons through relationships with the Global Church. Through the Church in Tanzania and Guatemala, we have seen God do extraordinary things. Today, we’re delighted to welcome Pastor Joyce Ndongongo from Iringa, Tanzania to preach, and lead us in worship. Various parts of today’s wo...

Sermon Title: Level Ground. Preacher: Deacon Stephanie Anderson. Preaching Text: Luke 6:17-26. Today, we hear Jesus’ words from Luke’s Gospel—blessings and woes that turn our expectations upside down. In this teaching, known as the Sermon on the Plain, Jesus invites us to expand our horizons, to see the world through God’s perspective, where the poor are blessed, the hungry are filled, and the gri...

Sermon Title: In Deep Water. Preacher: Pastor Jason Bryan-Wegner. Preaching Text: Luke 5:1-11. We begin a new worship series today called Expanding Our Horizons. Because of God’s love, we recognize God finds us where we are and calls us to venture beyond what is known and familiar. Faith calls us to ask, “Where are we going?” or even, “Who are we becoming?” Living in the light of the incarnated Ch...

Sermon Title: Faith of our Ancestors, Language of our Children. Preacher: Pastor Jason Bryan-Wegner. Preaching Text: Luke 2:22-40. This past month we’ve looked at parts of Jesus’ early life and ministry which show us some of the familiar patterns of living by faith. One of the most familiar practices within the church is blessing children and welcoming them into the family of faith. As we see how...

Sermon Title: Too Close for Comfort. Preacher: Deacon Stephanie Anderson. Preaching Text: Luke 4:14-30. This Sunday, as we continue Embracing the Familiar, we gather to worship the God who meets us in the ordinary and calls us to new understanding. In our reading today, Jesus preaches in his hometown, challenging his listeners - and us - to embrace truths that can feel too close for comfort. How m...

Sermon Title: What Concern is that to Us? Preacher: Pastor Jason Bryan-Wegner. Preaching Text: John 2:1-11. Today we begin our new Epiphany preaching series, Embracing the Familiar. This season brings light to the life and teachings of Jesus, inviting us to grow in faith as individuals and as a community. We begin with the familiar—the everyday moments, relationships, and practices that shape our...

Sermon Title: Named and Known. Preacher: Deacon Stephanie Anderson. Preaching Text: Luke 3:15-17, 21-22. Today we celebrate the baptism of Jesus and remember the power of the Spirit's claim on all the lives of those who are baptized. At the Jordan River, Jesus is named and claimed by God, the heavens open, and the Holy Spirit descends like a dove. In worship, we are reminded that through the water...

Sermon Title: A Light for the Whole World. Preacher: Deacon Stephanie Anderson. Preaching Text: Matthew 2:1-12. Today, we celebrate the light of Christ revealed to the world, guiding us like the star that led the Magi to Bethlehem. As we worship together, may we be inspired to follow God’s light and share it with a world in need. May this time of worship renew your hope and illuminate how God is c...

Preacher: Pastor Jason Bryan-Wegner. Sermon Title: The Weary World Rejoices. Preaching Text: Luke 2:1-20. We pray that you experience the wonder and holiness of our Savior's birth.

Sermon Title: Mary's Song. Preacher: Deacon Stephanie Anderson. Preaching Text: Luke 1:39-55. Our anticipation turns to joy as we prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ. This worship invites us to reflect on God's promise to upend the ordinary, life the lowing, and fill the hungry with good things. Together, we are called to respond with courage, hope, and a song of praise for the transformat...

Sermon Title: Listening for Christmas. Preacher: Pastor Jason Bryan-Wegner. Preaching Text: Luke 1:68-79. The season of Advent challenges us to focus on God's impending arrival into our world. In this season of so much to do, it can be difficult to see and hear what God is doing. Today you are invited to this time of worship to listen and speak the promise of God for you.

Sermon Title: Life Alert. Preacher: Pastor Jason Bryan-Wegner. Preaching Text: Luke 21:25-36. As darkness grows each day, Advent is a season of reflection and spiritual renewal. Busyness fills our days, but we wonder what it all amounts to sometimes. God calls us to lean into waiting, to noticing, to being - rather than - doing. We long for the peace of God to be present with us and for Christ's L...

Sermon Title: Belonging to the Truth. Preacher: Deacon Stephanie Anderson. Preaching Text: John 18:33-37. Today is Christ the King Sunday, the final day of the church year before we begin the Advent season. In our fraught political climate, today brings us good news: Christ is the one who reigns over all of creation and has ultimate authority in our lives. Today we're reminded that we worship a di...

Sermon Title: When the World Seems to be Falling Apart. Preacher: Pastor Jason Bryan-Wegner. Preaching Text: Mark 13:1-8. Truth telling sometimes point to uncomfortable realities. We know a thing or two about those kinds of realities. A life-threatening illness, a rupture in a marriage, a family member sent into a combat zone. All of these things can feel like the end of the world is coming soon....

Sermon Title: What's Love Got To Do With It? Preacher: Pastor Jason Bryan-Wegner. Preaching Text: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. The Reformation of the 1500s was a dramatic interruption of the status quo of the church. So much had gone sideways and drifted from the core message and purpose of the Gospel. Martin Luther was like a voice in the wilderness, calling the Church back to Christ's saving grace and...

Sermon Title: The Meal We Share. Preacher: Pastor Deb Kielsmeier. Preaching Text: 1 Corinthians 11:17-34. The church in Corinth met in homes and celebrated the Lod's supper in the context of a communal meal. But the rich often arrived early and ate and drank to excess, leaving the poor without food or drink. the meal that should have been a symbol of their unity in Christ was used to highlight soc...

Sermon Title: We are One, But Not the Same. Preacher: Pastor Jason Bryan-Wegner. Preaching Text: 1 Corinthians 12:1-13. We're reminded that "God loves a cheerful giver" and that stewarding all that God has entrusted to us ins both "our duty and our joy".

Sermon Title: Sharing in the Blessings of the Gospel. Preacher: Pastor Jason Bryan-Wegner. Preaching Text: 1 Corinthians 9:16-23. Paul responds to a number of questions the church in Corinth He urges Christians to recognize when one's rights get in the way of benefiting others and extending the reach of Christ's radical message of grace to the wider community.