Pastor Rob's Sermons

June 20, 2021 We live a cancel culture world, not just of politics, but of all relationships in which it is easy and even righteous to walk...

June 13, 2021 St. Paul offers us challenging and difficult words — all must stand before the judgment seat of Christ. Pastor Rob...

June 6, 2021 “If one blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, one has no forgiveness in this age but is guilty of an eternal sin.” ...

Holy Trinity May 30, 2021 With six months to live, what did a dying man share with Pastor Rob?  Through all the stories the man told it...

Pentecost May 23, 2021 This Pentecost Sunday, as the church celebrates its birthday, Pastor Rob reflects on two realities   1) The church...

Easter 6 May 9, 2021 We hear Jesus tell his disciples, ‘Love one another, as I loved you.’  (John 15).  This mother’s...

Easter 5 May 2, 2021 Jesus declares that God is the gardener; he is the vine; we are the branches.  This is great and beautiful...

Easter 4 April 25, 2020 Jesus calls himself the good shepherd and his followers sheep.  Who wants to be a sheep, especially in an age...

Easter 3 April 18, 2021 The disciples on the road to Emmaus (Like 24:13-35) are blind to Jesus’ presence and the evidence of...

Easter Sunday April 4, 20201 This Easter feels like a turning point in our lives and in our society:  The past chapter of pandemic is...

Palm Sunday 2021 March 28, 2021 Most of our communal experiences in life have an underlying sense of competition.  In this world, the last...

Lent 5 March 21, 2021 What is truth? Information is cheap, spin is everywhere and truth is hard to find.  Like ancient Babel, we...

4th Sunday in Lent March 14, 2021 For many, Noah’s Ark seems almost like an ancient fairy tale: Good for children but not much for...

Third Sunday in Lent March 7, 2021 We’ve all seen the Lexus commercials.  Most of us would be happy to own such a nice car.  Yet...

Lent 2 February 28, 2021 “It’s complicated” is one way to describe romantic relationships.  But truthfully, it’s a...

Lent 1 February 21, 2021 Pastor Rob reflects on Christ in the Wilderness (Mark 1:9-15).  We are all in a wilderness right now, a time of...

Ash Wednesday February 17, 2021 Do we truly need an Ash Wednesday this year?  Haven’t we been stuck in lent?  Haven’t we...

February 14, 2021 Transfiguration Sunday Vicar Emmy, who is a seminary student training to become a pastor, gave the message this...

February 7, 2021 Fifth Sunday of Epiphany Healing isn’t the same thing as getting rid of a disease.   Healing is something more; it...

January 31, 2021 4th Sunday of Epiphany Mark 1:21-28 describes a series of events unlikely familiar to us:  A person possessed by and the...

January 24, 2021 3rd Sunday after Epiphany 2021 promises to be a year of rebuilding various aspects of our lives.   I (Pastor Rob) was...