The Treadweary Podcast

Send us Fan Mail 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 Now as you excel in everything—in faith, speech, knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love for us—excel also in this act of grace. I am not saying this as a command. Rather, by means of the diligence of others, I am testing the genuineness of your love. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, s...

Send us Fan Mail Psalm 30 (ELW)  1I will exalt you, O Lord, because you have lifted me up  and have not let my enemies triumph over me.  2O Lord my God, I cried out to you,  and you restored me to health.  3You brought me up, O Lord, from the dead;  you restored my life as I was going down to the grave.  4Sing praise to the Lord, all you faithful;  give thanks in holy remembrance.   5God’s wrath i...

Send us Fan Mail Lamentations 3:22-33 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,     his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning;     great is thy faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,     “therefore I will hope in him.” The Lord is good to those who wait for him,     to the soul that seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly     for the salvation of the...

Send us Fan Mail Sermon for the 4th Sunday after Pentecost (Mark 4:38) My last sermon at Bethany Lutheran Church, Cushing, MN - June 20, 2021

Send us Fan Mail Almighty and merciful God, we implore you to hear the prayers of your people.  Be our strong defense against all harm and danger, that we may live and grow in faith  and hope, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

Send us Fan Mail Mark 4:35-41 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him...

Send us Fan Mail 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 As we work together with him, we urge you also not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says, “At an acceptable time I have listened to you,     and on a day of salvation I have helped you.” See, now is the acceptable time; see, now is the day of salvation! We are putting no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but a...

Send us Fan Mail Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32 1Give thanks to the LORD, for the LORD is good, for God’s mercy endures forever. 2Let the redeemed of the LORD proclaim that God redeemed them from the hand of the foe, 3gathering them in from the lands; from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. 23Some went down to the sea in ships, plying their trade in deep waters.  24They beheld th...

Send us Fan Mail Job 38:1-11 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind. He said: Who is this who obscures my counsel with ignorant words? Get ready to answer me like a man; when I question you, you will inform me. Where were you when I established the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Who fixed its dimensions? Certainly you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? What supports...

Send us Fan Mail O God of creation, eternal majesty, you preside over land and sea, sunshine and storm. By your strength pilot us, by your power preserve us, by your wisdom instruct us, and by your hand protect us, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.  Amen.

Send us Fan Mail Sermon for the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost (Mark 4:30)

Send us Fan Mail “The kingdom of God is like this,” he said. “A man scatters seed on the ground. He sleeps and rises night and day; the seed sprouts and grows, although he doesn’t know how. The soil produces a crop by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain on the head. As soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle, because the harvest has come.” And he said, “With w...

Send us Fan Mail So we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. In fact, we are confident, and we would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so...

Send us Fan Mail 1It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praise to your name, O Most High; 2to herald your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night; 3on the psaltery, and on the lyre, and to the melody of the harp. 4For you have made me glad by your acts, O Lord; and I shout for joy because of the works of your hands. 5Lord, how great are your works! Your thoughts are ver...

Send us Fan Mail This is what the Lord God says: I will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high towering mountain. I will plant it on Israel’s high mountain so that it may bear branches, produce fruit, and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade...

Send us Fan Mail O God, you are the tree of life, offering shelter to all the world. Graft us into yourself and nurture our growth, that we may bear your truth and love to those in need, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. O God, the strength of all them that put their trust in thee, mercifully accept our prayers; and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good...

Send us Fan Mail Sermon for the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost (Mark 3:24)

Send us Fan Mail Sermon for Holy Trinity Sunday (Isaiah 6:1)

Send us Fan Mail Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.” Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.” Nicodemus said to him, “How...

Send us Fan Mail So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh— for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a sp...

Send us Fan Mail Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,     ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name;     worship the Lord in holy splendor. The voice of the Lord is over the waters;     the God of glory thunders,     the Lord, over mighty waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful;     the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. The voice of the Lord breaks...

Send us Fan Mail In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is ful...

Send us Fan Mail ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of thy Divine Majesty to worship the Unity; We beseech thee, that thou wouldst keep us steadfast in this faith, and evermore defend us from all adversities, who livest and reignest, one God, world without end....

Send us Fan Mail Sermon for Pentecost Sunday (Acts 2:2)

Send us Fan Mail Sermon for the 7th Sunday after Easter - Galatians 2:20