Sermons by Rev. Richard Mittwede (Page 2)
What Kind of Soil Are You?
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. It was a doctoral student in agriculture who taught me the difference between soil and dirt. She said that soil is what you grow things in. Dirt is what you clean out from underneath your fingernails. I really don’t know much about growing things,…
Sermon for Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. In the Gospel reading today are the beautiful and perhaps familiar words of Jesus about the easy yoke that he gives. But the reading starts as a prayer of Jesus. And then he turns back to the crowd he’s speaking to and kind of shifts gears into…
Lord, Have Mercy
[Machine transcription] Brothers and sisters, looking at the Gospel reading tonight, the healing of the lepers, please be seated. And especially on Thanksgiving, when this Gospel lesson is read, the usual focus is on the one thankful leper, fitting with the Thanksgiving theme. But my focus tonight, I want to look at that request that the lepers made of Jesus, “Lord,…
Law and Gospel
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at St. Paul’s letter to the Galatians, this morning is the text. Please be seated. I doubt that anyone likes to have unnecessary burdens put on them, and that’s what was going on in the Galatian church that…
Born of a Woman
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God, our Father, from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at Paul’s letter to the Galatians for the text today, please be seated. And kind of actually, I’m only looking at three words from Paul’s reading today. There are some parts of the Bible that seem to be…
What to do When Your Heart Hurts
[Machine transcription] Mercy and peace to you from God, our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at the second reading from Acts today for the text, please be seated. Yeah, I know it’s Trinity Sunday, but actually I’ve chosen not to preach on that. Just avoid it altogether. I can’t understand it anyway.…
That They May All be One
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at the Gospel reading today for the text, please be seated. Musicians are an interesting bunch. No, I’m not talking about our Minister of Music candidate in particular, so relax, Jonathan. I’m talking about…
Sermon for Ascension
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, this is Ascension Day. Talking about the Ascension, please be seated. And Ascension Day is often overlooked in the church year calendar, even though it’s really one of the oldest and most recognized holy days, dating back to…
Be Ready
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at that second reading today from St. Peter’s first letter as a text, please be seated. Maybe you remember your Confirmation Day, those of you who’ve been confirmed in your faith. I remember mine back in 1973. I…
Paul – from Prosecutor to Apostle
[Machine transcription] Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen. Brothers and sisters, looking at that first reading from the book of Acts, the conversion of St. Paul, for the lesson, please be seated. Wow, a church named after me. Interesting. My name, first of all, was Saul, but anyway, there I was, minding my own business and taking a little trip to Damascus. Well, okay, I…