Pastor Rob's Sermons

Easter 2025 Easter is a time of memories, including memories of our loved ones who have died. The first Easter, in fact, began with a trip...

Good Friday 2025 Where you there?  It is a more haunting question than it sounds. In the end, yes, yes, you and I were there.  

Maundy Thursday (April 17, 2025) The body keeps score. If you want to know your need for forgiveness and healing, simply take stock of your...

Palm Sunday (April 13, 2025) What does it mean to have power? The Roman Empire displayed a type of power we know:  The ability to get what...

Lent V (April 6, 2025) Who are people with whom you can share your joy and happiness?  In our world of work, school, activities and even...

Lent IV (March 30, 2025) We know well the look of the older brother in the painting.  His whole body shouts:  “It’s not...

Lent 3 (March 23, 2025) Life Together — our Lenten theme — sounds great, but what about the times we found ourselves as an...

Lent 2 (March 16, 2025) Naomi, Ruth and Orpah are three women who are grieving (Ruth 1).  The deaths they have encountered force them to...

Lent 1 (March 9, 2025) Two truths and a lie – a game we’ve probably all played. Today, the devil plays a far higher stakes...

Transfiguration 2025 (March 2) Eat Less Fear; Behold More Glory We eat a LOT of fear in daily lives.  This works disease in our souls,...

February 23, 2025 “Love your enemies… Turn the other cheek.”  (Luke 6)    Does Jesus know how the world works? Turns...

February 9, 2025 Jesus calls Peter and his fellow fishermen to push out their boat a little and then cast their nets into the deep. In the...

February 2, 2025 Love is patient and love is kind. Yet the people want to throw Jesus off a cliff (Luke 4:18-30)!  Where is the love? ...

3 Epiphany (Sunday, January 26, 2025) Today we hear Jesus’ inauguration speech as he gives his first sermon (Luke 4:11-21).  In this...

January 19, 2025 Today St. Paul celebrates the confirmation of five adults.  (Confirmation is a public affirmation by a teen or adult of...

January 12, 2025 (Baptism of Jesus) Today we have a special event at St. Paul — the Baptism of five youth/older children. It gives us...

Christmas II/Epiphany (January 5, 2025) What are your resolutions, dreams and goals for 2025? Are they about your star rising or orienting...

Christmas Eve 2024 How do you measure time?  Luke’s Gospel offers us a number of ways By who is in power By months of pregnancy By...

Advent 4 (Dec 22, 2024) In countless Christmas movies, the plot remains the same:  Something has jeopardized Christmas.  If the...

Advent 3 (December 15, 2024) There are no “small” roles! When Elizabeth discovers that Mary is pregnant with Jesus, Elizabeth...

Advent 2 (Dec 8, 2024) Pastor Rob begins his sermon by admitting that he has an obsession with correctly loading the dishes.  It turns out...