Sermon for February 21, 2021 +++++++ I enjoy the musicals staged by the students of Northland Pines. The hard work of the students, both on stage and behind the stage is a marvel of...
Sermon for February 14, 2021 ++++++++ The Today’s Show weatherman Al Roker was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostrate cancer last year. When he informed his wife Deborah about this diagnosis she admitted...
Sermon for February 7, 2021 ++++++++ The newspaper article read “Laredo, Texas held the bleak distinction of having one of the most severe outbreaks of COVID-19 of any city in the United States. As cases...
Sermon for January 31, 2021 +++++++ It seems it is on the news every night. We see pictures of the new President signing executive orders. A few days ago he had a whole stack...
Sermon for January 24, 2021 ++++++ Last week we saw on the news the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States, Joseph R. Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris. The ceremony was impressive...
Sermon for January 17, 2021 +++++++ Years ago a member of the congregation was disgusted with a sermon I delivered. Her disgust focused on one word I said: prostitute. It is truly a troubling...
Sermon for January 10, 2021 +++++++++++ In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, among Finnish heritage people, the message of Communism had a strong appeal during the 1930’s. This was the decade of the Great...
Sermon for January 3, 2021 ++++++ While volunteering at CARITAS last Wednesday a co-worker told me about a Christmas decoration next door to the church he liked. It was not a generic “Happy Holidays”...
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Sermon for December 27, 2020 +++++++ “Christmas Eve is the Super Bowl for our choir”, so said the Music Director of St. James Catholic Church in Louisville, Ky. This is a large parish with...