Sermons – St. John's Lutheran Church of Highland

If Christ is at the forefront when we gather, then I think our Gospel for today encourages us to do a few things as we share in ministry: we should see others who also gather in Christ’s name as our brothers and sisters so that we can have an understanding that other Christians are a […]

The lectionary texts all point to the theme. The Sabbath was made for humankind. Included in this homily is the preacher’s reference to the Holy Spirit’s life giving breath that allow us to “Breathe deep!” Deuteronomy 5:12-15

Today is Trinity Sunday, a day where we give thanks for God coming to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. While we may not understand it, we know it to be true, just as surely as we know God’s love through the love of one another. Thanks be to God that we experience love […]

Our Gospel reading for today begins by reminding us to abide in Christ’s love, and as we gather as the Body of Christ for worship we know that love in a real way. Yet we all know that this does not simply take place in church, so how then do we abide in Christ’s love […]

Referencing all three texts, the preacher invites the listener to live into the tension of the day “Why are Christians et al. more prone to division than consensus building?” Acts 8:26-40, I John 4: 7-21, John 15:1-8

When we think about sheep and their shepherd, we soon realize that this relationship works best when the sheep trust the shepherd and follow the shepherd’s voice. If we put our trust in Christ and listen to his voice as he calls us to follow, sometimes we can find ourselves taking risks along the way […]

How are we witnesses? We offer the same peace Jesus offers us! Reference is made to the Christian witness the preacher’s father-in-law lived, in this week of his death and resurrection with Jesus. Luke 24:36-48

Today we find that after encountering the risen Christ, the disciples know peace in the midst of chaos is because Jesus brings them perspective. Seeing the risen Christ in their midst, their fear is taken away as they are reminded that death is no longer the end for any of us. Thanks be to God […]

Drawing on the women’s reaction to the empty tomb, inviting the hearer to remember one’s own confirmation, and the questions that arise as Easter people to this specific story of the resurrection and our life’s struggles, this Easter sermon brings “Christ is Risen” home to St. John’s.

In our Gospel lesson for today we hear Jesus instructing his disciples and some Greeks about his upcoming death, and in his words we learn a valuable lesson. Whether we are journeying with Christ to the cross, or whether we are journeying with someone else unto death, or whether we are simply going through a […]