| Long a staple in Lutheran hymnody, our featured hymn this week, “Beautiful Savior,” has a lot to say about our understanding of Jesus. |
Accompanying Scripture:
Isaiah 9: 6-7
| “Amazing Grace.” How do we know God in the words of this beloved song? We begin our July series on beloved hymns and songs with a hymn from someone who went from being involved in the Atlantic slave trade to working as an abolitionist. |
Accompanying Scripture:
Romans 5: 1-5
| We finish up our brief summer series of kids’ books with one last book about communion. We don’t invite people to the table, Jesus does. Jesus’ invitation is that all are welcome. Listen as Pastor Susanne considers what he mean by “all?” |
Accompanying Scripture:
1 Corinthians 11: 23-26
| We continue easing into the summer by reading a kids’ book during worship. This week’s story is “God With Us” and is about Jesus’ arrival here on Earth (yes a Christmas story in June). |
Accompanying Scripture:
Luke 2: 5-7
| For the month of June, we will enter into a more relaxed time in church with our biblical texts told as children’s stories. Listen as Pastor Susanne shares the story of God’s promise to walk with God’s people every day by bringing them manna. |
Accompanying Scripture:
Exodus 16:13-16
| In other places in scripture the Spirit is depicted as a gentle dove. Sometimes we envision Her as dancing. But in the scene described by Luke in Acts the coming of the Holy Spirit is no gentle appearance. Listen as Pastor Susanne explores the ways we experience the Holy Spirit today. |
Accompanying Scripture:
Acts 2:1-21, John 14:16-17
| Paul has a lot to say about community in the first few sentences of this letter he writes from prison. New scholarship suggests what he had to say is even more important to us today. Listen as Pastor Susanne explores what we can learn from the lessons of Paul’s letter to the community of Philippi. |
Accompanying Scripture:
Philippians 1:1-18a, Luke 9:46-48
| This week, Paul is challenged to “make a case” for God and Jesus vs the other options available to the ancient world. What do you think of his arguments? Are there any you would add? |
Accompanying Scripture:
Acts 17:16-31, John 1: 16-18
| The jailer asks “What must I do to be saved?” after Paul chooses not to escape from jail. He is not the only unnamed person in this story that is saved. Listen as Pastor Susanne explores what it means to be saved and the stories we all have of saved people known to God. Stories to be shared. |
Accompanying Scripture:
Acts 16:16-34, Luke 6:18-18, 22-23
| Paul’s trip to Damascus starts him on an epic journey that will take him to many places and many dangers, including imprisonment and shipwrecks. He does it all out of his love for Jesus. Listen as Pastor Susanne explores the challenging (and perhaps annoying) story of Paul and the question of our own blindness. Who do we not see? |
Accompanying Scripture:
Acts 9:1-19a, Matthew 6:24
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