University Lutheran

We talk about patience and letting the Holy Spirit be the Holy Spirit and not getting in His way.

We talk a little bit about love, about the economy of love that is present with God and with us, and how we should think in terms of generosity instead of in terms of scarcity

We talk about the pressure that arises when we start to consider our own personal missions, but also the relief that in that all of those things have been given to us by a God who loves us and will be our shepherd.

We all have those moments of surprise, both good and bad. But those moments are moments that make us think about who we are and where God might be leading us.

We talk about the Resurrection and our call to be witnesses to the work of the living Christ in our lives.

We celebrate Easter Sunday today talking about Jesus’ vocation of Prophet and how Christianity is a future oriented faith.

We talk about how Jesus is the true King, and acknowledging Him as true king doesn't mean that we try to be kings ourselves, but loyal subjects.

We talk about risk. We are called by God to risk our lives because He risked His life (and lost it!) on us. 

We talk about the parable of the prodigal son and how it is interesting where God won't let us talk anymore.

We talk about God's repair work of our lives that is repentance.

We continue our "REDIAL" series talking about when God calls us again talking a little bit about St. Patrick and a lot about how God calls to us again so that we can repent and be gathered to Him.

We start off our Lent series "REDIAL" by talking about who we rely upon, and how the story of Jesus' temptation is really the story of Jesus' reliance.

We finish out Missio Dei sermon series with the Sunday of Transfiguration and talking about who Moses was and what that has to do with us and our sense of who we are in God’s kingdom.

We talk about Black Mirror and forgiveness, and how our connection with the Resurrection does some pretty strange things in our lives.

We continue talking about the Mission of God by talking about how we can check for the Resurrection power at work in our lives and why we shouldn't cut that power off. 

We talk about ownership and how we own the forgiveness of our sin, our vocations, and our place in the Kingdom of God.

We continue talking about God's mission and our vocations, addressing how we continue to mature in terms of our faith. 

We talk about how God has included us into His family, into His mission, and how He does that despite our sins of omission and the things that we don't do - forgiving them and renewing us.

We talk about our expectations and God's expectations and how those things come together in our readings, especially the reading that we have from the Gospel of John where Jesus turns water into wine.

What do you have trouble seeing around? That's the big question that we talk about today as we look at the story of Jesus' baptism from the Gospel of Luke and all of the things that needed clarity, and how our lives can benefit from God's clarity as well as we think about our vocations.

We finish up the Christmas season and our "Christmas Calling" series talking about Simeon, waiting, and how the promise of the Resurrection changes our waiting.

It's Christmas Eve! But does it really "feel like" Christmas to us? We talk about the desperation and desolation that can happen, and how to identify a good place to say "this is Christmas."

We talk about what it means for us to be honored by God in the sacrifice of His Son, and how His honor beats back our shame.

Pink Candle Sunday, the third Sunday of Advent, also called Gaudete Sunday is a Sunday that is all about joy - so we talk about the joy that we are given by Christ, what gets in the way of our joy, and our Baptisms.

We move into the second sermon of our "Christmas Calling" series talking about vocation and how John the Baptist clarifies the vocations of the people around him, how our vocations are clarified, and how Jesus' vocation was ultimately clear - saving us from sin.