Date: November 3, 2024. On this All Saints’ Day, Pastor Meagan preaches on our gospel reading from John about Jesus bringing Lazarus back to life. We are reminded that Jesus wept, that grief is holy, and that death will never be the final word.

Readings: Isaiah 25:6-9, Revelation 21:1-6a, John 11:32-44

Date: October 27, 2024. By the faith of Christ, we are saved. Today we celebrate that faith with Isaac, Luke, and Luther as they are confirmed, taking the next step in their journeys and inviting the Spirit to come among them with peace like a river, joy like a fountain, and love like the ocean.

Readings: Jeremiah 31:31-34, Psalm 46, Romans 3:19-28, John 8:31-36

October 20, 2024. In today’s gospel reading, James and John ask to sit at the right hand and left hand of Jesus in the glory to come. Pastor Meagan preaches on this text, and on how in the kin-dom of God there are plenty of seats, and no need to fight for a place.

Readings: Hebrews 5:1-10, Mark 10:32-45

October 13, 2024. Today we have guest preacher Rev. Derek Bastian from Webster-Rock Hill Ministries, who examines our gospel reading from Mark 10 about what we must do to inherit eternal life, and asks us to consider: if you've done everything you've been asked to do, is there anything left that you could do for God?

Reading: Mark 10:17-31

October 6, 2024. Pastor Meagan preaches on our intimate, often messy connections with one another. In all of our readings today, we're reminded that we are responsible to care for all that God created.

Readings: Genesis 2:18-24, Psalm 8, Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12, Mark 10:2-16

September 29, 2024. Today's sermon is about lines in the sand. Jesus' disciples tried to draw a line in the sand in our gospel reading. And today, humans are still drawing lines in the sand, leaving out those most vulnerable. But new things are emerging, here in our own lives, at Christ Lutheran, and in our synod. The Spirit of God moves in all of us. God is erasing the lines, and we are called to help with the work.

Readings: Numbers 11:4-6,10-16,24-29, James 5:13-20, Mark 9:38-50

March 24, 2024. Pastor Meagan preaches on Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, and how he walked a path that he knew inevitably would lead to betrayal, loneliness, suffering, and ultimately death. The question is: why? Why would he make this choice?

Readings: Philippians 2:5-11, Mark 11:1-11, John 3:16

June 2, 2024. Pastor Meagan preaches on the Sabbath, how it's not just another rule to follow but instead shows us that rest and play are essential to us, and all of creation.

Readings: 2 Corinthians 4:5-12, Mark 2:23-3:6

April 7, 2024. Today, Rachel Helton's message is on Doubting Thomas, and how the resurrected Jesus meets him and us where we need him most.

Readings: Acts 4:32-35, Psalm133, 1 John 1:1-2:2, John 20:19-31

April 14, 2024. We are all witnesses. This week we were witnesses to the eclipse. And just like Jesus’ disciples, we're called to be witnesses of the risen Christ, in flesh and blood.

Readings: 1 John 3:1-7, Luke 24:36b-48