Kate Drefke
Curiosity. Faith. Questions.
Living in faith with curiosity, asking questions. Mostly my Sunday sermons, occasional other recordings of my writings.
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Jul 7, 2026
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Music in Worship 01.08.2022 6:01
Sunday's worship was a hymn sing, so here's a little sermonette on why we sing and have hymns in our worship.
Grief 2: Grief Hurts 24.07.2022 12:42
Grief hurts. "O God, Why Are You Silent?" ELW #703
Sample Platter of Jesus' Teachings on the Road to Jerusalem (17 July 2022) 17.07.2022 13:47
Assigned Gospel: Luke 10:38-42. Touched on last week's (Luke 10:25-37), and spent most of the time on next week's (Luke 11:1-13, v.1-4).
Mission and Discernment 2: Who is the Church? 11.07.2022 12:46
Who is the Church? The answer sounds simple, but is complex and more than we are.
Luke 10:1-20 Sent in Jesus' Name/ Receive in Jesus' Name 05.07.2022 13:27
CW: rape (in Gen. 19). Practice radical hospitality.
Grief 1: Hard Realities 27.06.2022 15:31
First in a four-part series on grief and loss. Guiding clinical model is William Worden's 4 tasks of mourning. Task 1: to accept the reality of the loss. If you find yourself needing to talk or otherwise having difficulties, talk to Pr. Kate or a licensed therapist. Hymn of the day: ACS #1054 "God Weeps with Us Who Weep and Mourn": https://youtu.be/1gzIzRA43mE and https://youtu.be/cXRPvVG9pMI Pray...
Galatians 3:23-29 Set Free in Baptism with Christ 19.06.2022 13:48
Gospel lesson read Luke 8:26-39 Hymn recommendation: "Lift Every Voice and Sing" https://youtu.be/xit09LrjJUU (see ELW 841 for lyrics)
Trinity Sunday 2022/ Come Join the Divine Dance 13.06.2022 11:59
Also the first in a summer series on mission and discernment. HOD: "Come, Join the Dance of Trinity" (ELW #412) by Richard Leach; music: English folk tune https://youtu.be/__cSgHK9yhw
Pentecost 2022: The Holy Spirit is a Gift of Baptism 08.06.2022 12:30
Acts lesson read and added: 2:1-21 Gospel lesson: John 14:8-27
another school shooting 31.05.2022 12:05
Acts lesson (16:16-34) read and added in. School shootings are bad. Mass shootings anywhere are bad. Killing people is bad. Remember your baptism and renounce evil forces which turn you from God. Remember your baptism and proclaim Christ in word and deed, forsaking violence always for peace and justice.
In the Aftermath of Marjory Stoneman Douglas 26.05.2022 13:06
This was my sermon 4 days after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. That shooting was Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday in 2018. The Sunday was the first of Lent. I was on internship. This was preached at Joy Lutheran in Eagle River, AK.
Acts 16:9-15 (Easter 6) Created, Called, Sent 23.05.2022 10:28
Racism and White Christian Nationalism are bad and antithetical to the Gospel of Jesus.
Easter 4 2022: God Does Not Abandon the Vulnerable 08.05.2022 9:52
Acts 9:36-43 (also recommend reading the whole chapter).
Acts 9:1-20 (Easter 3) Saul gets knocked down (but he gets up again) 02.05.2022 11:21
Separate recordings of the reading and sermon.
Easter 2: Acts 5:27-32 and other stuff 24.04.2022 12:58
A post-reading of the Acts lesson today, and then the sermon reading of the Gospel from John 20:19-31. The Easter sermon "series" will be on the Acts readings, and surrounding stuff.
Easter 2022: 2 of Luke's Proclamations 19.04.2022 10:22
Assigned lectionary: Acts 10:34-43; Luke 24:1-12 Preached most of Acts 10 and about 1/2-3/4 Luke 24
Maundy Thursday 2022 John 13:1-35 15.04.2022 13:44
John's unique features and loving one another like Jesus. Hymn after: ELW #358 "Great God, Your Love Has Called Us" https://youtu.be/VytOka1mXHQ
Luke 19:28-40 Palm Sunday 11.04.2022 8:53
The worship service was exclusively Palm Sunday (not Passion), so was the sermon. Hymn of the Day: Pave the Way with Branches by Bret Hesla, performed here by Tim McNabb: https://youtu.be/MZ_uUXCDMk4
Luke 12:1-8 (Lent 5) A Martha nerd out and smelly symbolism 04.04.2022 12:16
Elizabeth Schrader's website with a link to the article I mentioned: https://www.elizabethschrader.com/about-7
Luke 15 (Lent 4) Parables of the lost 28.03.2022 13:57
Lectionary assigns only the third parable (Lk 15:1-3, 11b-32). all of chapter 15 read and preached here.
Luke 13:1-9 (Lent 3) two mini sermons 20.03.2022 10:16
Two mini sermons on the way to Jerusalem.
Luke 13:31-35 (Lent 2) a verse-by-verse exploration 14.03.2022 12:32
Small congregational attendance creating/allowing for a more conversational tone.
Luke 4:1-13 (Lent 1) 07.03.2022 12:16
Hangry Jesus resists temptation and reminds us that even the devil can quote scripture to prove their point.
Ash Wednesday 2022 sermon 03.03.2022 9:12
Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return. https://youtu.be/_bT-wiYsqkY
Luke 9:28-43a Transfiguration Sunday 28.02.2022 13:17
Mountain highs and valley lows. Sermon begins with reading Luke 9:18-27. Quoted article: https://religionnews.com/2022/02/24/next-year-in-kyiv/
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