Preached at StPLC, Wyoming, MN
June 20, 2010 – Father’s Day

Dear Friends in Christ, grace and peace to you in Jesus’ Name! Amen.


While one might think that the most important aspect of running a business or a corporation is accounting or some other financial part of the organization, one of the most highly valued areas of business management is actually public relations. Getting the word out about a company or even an individual, such as an actor or politician, is vital to its success. It can also be expensive. Many large public relations firms will charge annual rates ranging from $50,000 to $200,000 or more, even for small companies. Those rates speak to the value businesses, institutions and organizations place on good PR.

Dear Friends in Christ, Grace and peace to you in Jesus Name. Amen

Very shortly within this worship service we will honor and bless our graduates. There is something about graduation time that calls out for understanding and release in the search for self identity; individual and corporate.

Preached at STPL
May 16, 2010

My dear sisters and brothers in Christ, grace and peace are yours in Christ Jesus, our Lord, Amen.

The Ascension of the Lord texts accomplish four major objectives. First, they provide an explanation of where the Risen Christ is now. Second, they provide an explanation of why the Risen Christ was seen by many followers of Jesus during the first few weeks after his crucifixion and resurrection but is being seen in the same way no longer. Third, they provide assurance that the Risen Christ is still with us spiritually and that the Risen Christ will return. Finally, they establish more clearly the responsibilities of the followers of Jesus to be witnesses of the Risen Christ throughout the world.

Preached at StPLC, Wyoming
Easter Sunday, 2010

Dear Friends in Christ, Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ. Amen.

Mary Magdalene was a puzzle. She believed yet she didn’t believe. She was a picture of attentiveness and devotion to Jesus Christ. She wanted to anoint him again, to complete the burial routine, to do some good deed for the one whom she called my Lord.

Yet Mary Magdalene was convinced that Jesus was dead. She was so convinced that she mistook the risen Lord for the gardener and asked him where the body of Jesus had been placed. Mary believed, but her belief was incomplete. She believed in a Lord but in one who could be so firmly caught in a cold grave that she would be left to search and grieve and weep. Mary Magdalene was one surprised lady when she came to that tomb. This was not the ending she had anticipated in the first place and now the end that she had witnessed with her own eyes just 2 days prior was being torn asunder.

Preached at StPLC
Sunday, March 21, 2010


Dear friends in Christ, grace and peace to you in Jesus’ name. Amen


Today is another “And Jesus said . . . ” message as we think together about the 2nd Sacrament recognized in our Lutheran faith tradition: Holy Communion. It’s about the bread and the wine.

Underlying the act of receiving the body and blood of Christ, there is something called “attitude.” Have you ever noticed how often we say of people today, she or he has “attitude”. Our attitude comes across in the way we talk, walk and speak or when we strike a pose. When I had a professional photo taken a couple of years ago, the photographer posed me with my arms crossed over my chest, a slight tilt of my head and a bit of a smile on my face that caused some who saw the photo to say, “That one’s got attitude!”