Sermons with Reverend Killjoy

Lectionary 20 / 10th Sunday after Pentecost, Revised Common Lectionary Year C Luke 12:49-56 Jesus was not nice. 

Lectionary 18, 8th Sunday after Pentecost, Revised Common Lectionary Year C Luke 12:12-21 Why does Jesus talk about money so much? Why do we talk about money so much? 

Lectionary 16 / 6th Sunday after Pentecost, Revised Common Lectionary Year C Colossians 1:15-28 Jesus is Christ of the whole world

Lectionary 15 / 5th Sunday after Pentecost, Revised Common Lectionary Year C Luke 10:25-37 What must I do to inherit eternal life? How did this question lead to Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan?

Lectionary 14 / 4th Sunday after Pentecost, Revised Common Lectionary Year C Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 A sermon for this day

Hope Lutheran Church Sermon Audio 6/26/2022 Third Sunday after Pentecost, Revised Common Lectionary Year C Galatians 5:1, 13-25 Sometimes the news of the day frames the way we need to share the gospel. Freedom and bodily autonomy and loving our neighbor. It's a lot. 

Second Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C Luke 8:26-39 On this Juneteenth Hope joined with our new host congregation Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church to commemorate this day and to look at our Gospel story of demonic forces and freedom. What can we learn from the man possessed by demons? What can we learn from the rest of the Gerasenes whose region Jesus is visiting? 

Pentecost, Lectionary Year C Romans 8:14-17 We are all adopted as children of God and heirs to all that God has given Jesus. So take heart, even though nothing is easy for so many. 

Seventh Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year C Psalm 97 In the midst of evil and pain and so much cause for lament, we boldly proclaim our trust in God, whose power rests on justice and righteousness.

Sixth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year C Acts 16:9-15 Paul and Lydia and the beginnings of the Macedonian church at Philippi provide us with a fantastic set of models for our own churches and ministries today. 

Fifth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year C Acts 11:1-18 In today's lesson from Acts, Peter asks the excellent question, "Who was I, that I could hinder God?" Let this question be good news for you as we seek to follow Jesus in these complex times. 

Third Sunday of Easter, Revised Common Lectionary Year C John 21:1-19 Pastor Andrew is back again to reflect on Jesus' final visit to his disciples in John's Gospel. 

Second Sunday of Easter, Revised Common Lectionary Year C John 20:19-31 Pastoral Intern Per Halaas returns on the Sunday after Easter to tell us about Jesus' visit to Thomas and the rest of his disciples. 

Easter Sunday, Revised Common Lectionary Year C Luke 24:1-12 Pastor Andrew returns to preach our first Sunday in our new space, the chapel at Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church on Arcade and Larpenteur. Resurrection looks different this year. 

Maundy Thursday, Revised Common Lectionary John 13:1-17, 31b-35 For our final worship gathering in our historic building, Pastoral Intern Per Halaas preached on John's pivotal story of Jesus' last night with his friends. 

Palm Sunday, Revised Common Lectionary Year C On the 100th anniversary of our first worship service at Hope Lutheran Church (April 9th, 1921), our Saint Paul Area Synod Bishop Patricia Lull brought this word to a packed house gathered to celebrate the anniversary on our last Sunday in our historic space at 1340 Hazel Street N. 

Fifth Sunday of Lent, Revised Common Lectionary Year C John 12:1-8 This story of Mary washing Jesus' feet is the last thing before Jesus enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday in John's Gospel. What can we learn from her in this last week before our big Palm Sunday at Hope Church? 

Fourth Sunday of Lent, Revised Common Lectionary Year C 2 Corinthians 5.16-21  God is making all things new, even the brothers from the story we call the Prodigal Son. 

Third Sunday of Lent, Revised Common Lectionary Year C Isaiah 55:1-9 The great feast of God's grace is an ideal scriptural reference for this Sunday celebrating the end of Hope and Good Samaritan churches sharing our space and our lives these past seven years. 

Second Sunday of Lent, Revised Common Lectionary Year C Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 God's promise of descendants to Abraham is also a promise to Hope Church today. 

First Sunday of Lent, Revised Common Lectionary Year C Luke 4:1-13 In this opportune time, what are we to do? 

Ash Wednesday, Revised Common Lectionary Year C Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 As we return to God amid so much turmoil this Lent, what are the spiritual practices we will engage in to ground ourselves? 

Seventh Sunday after Epiphany, Revised Common Lectionary Year C Luke 6:27-38

Sixth Sunday after Epiphany, Revised Common Lectionary Year C Jeremiah 17:5-10 Trees. If I preach about trees, does that mean I've been too immersed in re-reading Lord of the Rings? Trees remain a powerful symbol of life and renewal. 

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, Revised Common Lectionary Year C   Luke 5:1-11 Jesus' disciples left everything and followed him. They trusted in Jesus rather than in what they had known or relied on before.