Sermons – St. John's Lutheran Church of Highland

A story about a pastor who is visited by a church member while she is struggling to prepare her weekly sermon.

As we look around our nation and world and sometimes begin to get depressed at the hatred and racism and bigotry that infests our communities both locally and globally, we are reminded today that we all have a role to play in the story which makes our world better. And while there will be those […]

When we think about our own lives of faith, water is a great element for us to consider, for it permeates our lives. Peter’s experience on the water with Jesus is a great reminder of the saving grace of Jesus Christ that we receive in baptism. We are forever doing a dance, so to speak, […]

So many times we think of the kingdom of heaven as something that we will be blessed with someday when we die. But in Jesus’ parables today we are reminded from the everyday images that he uses that the kingdom of heaven is something that is with us in the here and now. It is […]

As we live in a world where at we can feel like we are on overload, our readings for today remind us of some important things. In Romans we are reminded that the only escape from living in the conflict of doing what we hate instead of what we want, the only one who can […]

This sermon on welcome and reward summarizes Matthew’s missionary charge by Jesus! Included is a story about the call of Presiding Bishop Eaton to her current office.

Admittedly, Romans 5 is a favorite text of the preacher. In this story, we meet a man on top of the world on Father’s Day eve.

On Trinity Sunday we are reminded once again that God “transcends all concepts”. Just as the disciples did not completely understand what was going on at the ascension, but followed Christ’s command to go and make disciples, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, so we too have been freed […]

The sermon was preached to eleven confirmation students and their congregational “overhearers.” The Holy Spirit does not come to solve our problems but to create them. The tag line of a short video clip created by David Lose is used at the outset of the Homily.

Now that Christ has ascended, we are the Body of Christ in the world, and there are always countless ways that we can make his love and grace manifest for others in the things we say and do. As a result, we cannot stand idly around looking up to heaven as we wait for Christ […]