Lutheran Church Of The Savior Sermon Podcast With Rev. Andrew Tengwall

Easter Sunday, Revised Common Lectionary Year CLuke 24:1-12Pastor Andrew returns to preach our first Sunday in our new space, the chapel at Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church on Arcade and Larpenteur. Resurrection looks different this year. 

Maundy Thursday, Revised Common LectionaryJohn 13:1-17, 31b-35For our final worship gathering in our historic building, Pastoral Intern Per Halaas preached on John's pivotal story of Jesus' last night with his friends. 

Palm Sunday, Revised Common Lectionary Year COn the 100th anniversary of our first worship service at Hope Lutheran Church (April 9th, 1921), our Saint Paul Area Synod Bishop Patricia Lull brought this word to a packed house gathered to celebrate the anniversary on our last Sunday in our historic space at 1340 Hazel Street N. 

Fifth Sunday of Lent, Revised Common Lectionary Year CJohn 12:1-8This story of Mary washing Jesus' feet is the last thing before Jesus enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday in John's Gospel. What can we learn from her in this last week before our big Palm Sunday at Hope Church? 

Fourth Sunday of Lent, Revised Common Lectionary Year C2 Corinthians 5.16-21 God is making all things new, even the brothers from the story we call the Prodigal Son. 

Third Sunday of Lent, Revised Common Lectionary Year CIsaiah 55:1-9The great feast of God's grace is an ideal scriptural reference for this Sunday celebrating the end of Hope and Good Samaritan churches sharing our space and our lives these past seven years. 

Second Sunday of Lent, Revised Common Lectionary Year CGenesis 15:1-12, 17-18God's promise of descendants to Abraham is also a promise to Hope Church today. 

First Sunday of Lent, Revised Common Lectionary Year CLuke 4:1-13In this opportune time, what are we to do? 

Ash Wednesday, Revised Common Lectionary Year CJoel 2:1-2, 12-17As we return to God amid so much turmoil this Lent, what are the spiritual practices we will engage in to ground ourselves? 

Seventh Sunday after Epiphany, Revised Common Lectionary Year CLuke 6:27-38

Sixth Sunday after Epiphany, Revised Common Lectionary Year CJeremiah 17:5-10Trees. If I preach about trees, does that mean I've been too immersed in re-reading Lord of the Rings? Trees remain a powerful symbol of life and renewal. 

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, Revised Common Lectionary Year C Luke 5:1-11Jesus' disciples left everything and followed him. They trusted in Jesus rather than in what they had known or relied on before.

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, Revised Common Lectionary Year C1 Corinthians 13:1-13Paul's famous lesson about love is a model for the life of the church together. 

Third Sunday after Epiphany, Revised Common Lectionary Year CA sermon focused on "today" based on Jesus' proclamation that "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing" takes a different direction when the day is dramatically changed by tragic news. 

Second Sunday after Epiphany, Revised Common Lectionary Year CJohn 2:1-11In the rituals we share as Christians, God uses ordinary things to do the extraordinary.

Baptism of Our Lord, Revised Common Lectionary Year CIsaiah 43:1-7We have a wide variety of ways to think about baptism. In the end baptism is what we need it to be. 

Third Sunday of Advent, Revised Common Lectionary Year CLuke 3:7-18We don't talk about money in church nearly as much as people talk about it in the Bible, so today let's do that, like John the Baptist does in our Gospel lesson. 

Second Sunday of Advent, Revised Common Lectionary Year CLuke 1:68-79Zechariah's song at the birth of his son John casts a vision for how we can join in the journey of God's work in our world. 

First Sunday of Advent, Revised Common Lectionary Year CLuke 21:25-361 Thessalonians 3:9-13How do we wait for the Day of the Lord? We raise up our heads and tell the truth, in love and gratefulness. 

Reign of Christ Sunday, RCL Lectionary Year BJohn 18:33-37Revelation 1:4b-8Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14The eternal cosmic Christ, angels and thrones and fire and the battle between good and evil is all part of the story the church tells this time of year. We can also remember that all these grand narratives come down to the actual lives of actual people whom God loves.