July 2023

The Sermon for Sunday, July 23rd, 2023, the Seventh Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Psalm 86; Wisdom 12:13, 16-19; Matthew 13:24-30, 34-43 The Text: Matthew 13:24-30, 34-43 INTRODUCTION Marsha Gubser wrote this about weeding her garden: I dragged my teenage son Matt outside to help me pull weeds one sunny Read more…

The Sermon for Sunday, July 9th, the Fifth Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Psalm 145:1-13; Zechariah 9:9-12; Matthew 11:25-30 The Text: Matthew 11:25-30 INTRODUCTION An extreme sports fanatic scaled the 120-foot Christ the Redeemer statue on Brazil’s Corcovado Mountain and jumped from its outstretched arms. For the first ever such Read more…