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

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year AMatthew 13:1-9, 18-23Jesus' famous parable of the sower reminds us that we are dirt, in a good way.

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year AMatthew 10:40-42Welcome, welcome, welcome. Who does the welcoming? How do we follow Jesus?

Third Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year AMatthew 10:24-39Today's Gospel lesson includes Jesus bringing not peace, but a sword, as Jesus tells us how to follow him and engage in his work.

Second Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year AMatthew 9:35--10:23Today we enter what the church has called "ordinary time," and it if we are to faithfully follow Jesus in this time it will not be ordinary at all.

Seventh Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year A1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11On the eve of Memorial Day, American deaths due to COVID-19 approached 100,000. Our reading from the First Letter of Peter today gives us a good opportunity to reflect on what this milestone means for our nation. It also gives us a good starting place to reflect on how upcoming changes to pandemic gathering rules will affect our congregation and how we follow Jesus together.

Ascension DayInspired by Festival of Homiletics preachers Rev. Lenny Duncan and Rev. Dr. William Barber II, I approached this favorite passage from the beginning of Acts with an eye toward the racialized economic and health effects of the current pandemic, and the Holy Spirit's response.

Sixth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year AJohn 14:15-21Today's lectionary gives me a chance to talk about some of my favorite choral music, as an example of the comfort Jesus' promises can bring in this time of pandemic and uncertainty.

Sixth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year AJohn 14:15-21Today's lectionary gives me a chance to talk about some of my favorite choral music, as an example of the comfort Jesus' promises can bring in this time of pandemic and uncertainty.

PentecostActs 2:1-21Well, this week our community and then our entire country exploded in civic unrest after Minneapolis police killed George Floyd. In the middle of an ongoing pandemic. What does it mean for us to cry, "Come, Holy Spirit!" on Pentecost on a time like this?

Fourth Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year APsalm 23Amidst a global pandemic, I was deeply grateful for the opportunity to spend a week focusing on Psalm 23, one of the great biblical texts of comfort and grace.

Third Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year ALuke 24:13-35In the iconic story of the resurrected Jesus' walk to Emmaus, we find so many images that shape our life of faith and our worship even today. What can this familiar story teach us about how to follow Jesus in these unprecedented times?

Second Sunday of Easter, Lectionary Year AJohn 20:19-31In Jesus' appearance to the disciples in the upper room, he uses very few words to say an enormous amount about what it will mean to follow him after he has gone.

Matthew 28:1-10As a steady snow fell in Saint Paul, an unexpected group gathered online to celebrate a resurrection unlike any other, on an Easter Sunday unlike any other. What comes next, after death and resurrection, and after the current crisis of pandemic subsides? Where do we go from here?

John 13:1-35I absolutely should know better than to preach over 17 minutes in an online Zoom live worship, but here we are. Because we're missing so much these days - foot washing and Eucharist tonight, at least - I decided to look at the part of our Gospel story that is usually omitted (missing) from our lectionary reading for Maundy Thursday.

First Sunday of Lent, Lectionary Year AMatthew 4:1-11Psalm 32A tour through the day's scriptures until we find good news in the Psalm.

Sixth Sunday after Epiphany, Lectionary Year AMatthew 5:21-37A sermon for this day.

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, Lectionary Year AIsaiah 58:1-12A sermon for this day.

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, Lectionary Year AA sermon for this day.

Third Sunday after Epiphany, Lectionary Year AIn our Gospel lesson from today, Matthew references the Kingdom of Heaven, aka the Kingdom of God, the Kin-dom of God, the Reign of God, the Realm of God, the Beloved Community, etc. What's that?

Second Sunday after Epiphany, Lectionary Year A Isaiah 49:1-7I... did not write anything down for this sermon, at all, anywhere. I stuck to this great reading from Isaiah, and the Holy Spirit brought us through.