From June 2024 through August 2025 I served as Interim Senior Pastor at Advent Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Arlington, Texas. Many of the more than 50 sermons I preached at Advent are available below. Additionally, transcripts are provided.
Discovering Joy
Do You Know? – August 24
Partners in Faith – August 10, 2025
Stories That Shape Us: How Jesus’ Parables Transform the Way We See God, Ourselves, and the World
Invite Everyone – August 3, 2025 (note this recording is missing the first 45 seconds or so of the message due to technical issues)
Jesus in Disguise – July 20, 2025
God Doesn’t Play It Safe – July 13, 2025
Courageous Stewardship – July 6, 2025
Build Wisely – June 29, 2025
Start Small – June 22, 2025 (video not available due to technical difficulties)
Pentecost
Forecast: Sustained Winds – June 8, 2025
Easter Hope
One in Jesus – June 1, 2025
Living by Faith – May 25, 2025
Welcoming Everyone – May 18, 2025
Growing for the Future – May 4, 2025
Opening Our Eyes – April 27, 2025
Easter Expectations – April 20, 2025
Lenten Challenges
Choosing Jesus – April 13, 2025
Beginning Today – April 6, 2025
Living Richly – March 30, 2025
Loving Wastefully – March 23, 2025 (note the video recording below only includes the audio feed of sermon due to technical issues)
Loving God & Loving Neighbor – March 9, 2025
Meeting Jesus Again Series
Listen to Him – March 2, 2025
Welcoming Doubt – February 16, 2025
Speaking New Life – February 9, 2025
Honoring the Sabbath – February 2, 2025
Answering the Call – January 26, 2025
God’s Year to Act – January 19, 2025
Epiphany
Starry Wisdom – January 5, 2025
Christmas
Missing Jesus – December 29, 2024
Newsflash! A Savior is Born – December 24, 2024
Advent at Advent – Waiting and Wondering
An Unexpected Song – December 22, 2024
Do What? – December 15, 2024
Prepare the Way! – December 8. 2024
Pay Attention – December 1, 2024
Choosing Thanks – a single sermon, not in a series – November 24, 2024
Inspired by Diana Butler Bass’ book Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks (HarperOne, 2018) – named a So What Faith Top Book of 2018 ,
A More Spacious Christianity
Inspired by Debie Thomas’ new book: A Faith of Many Rooms: Inhabiting a More Spacious Christianity (Broadleaf Books, 2024 – rated here on So What Faith as 4.5/5).
Belonging – November 17, 2024
Wrestling – November 10, 2024
Paradox – November 3, 2024
Story – October 27, 2024
Sin & Salvation – October 20, 2024
Doubt – October 13, 2024
After concluding my last full-time role as the pastor of a congregation in 2015, the frequency of my preaching fell from weekly to occasionally. In 2023, I opened myself to the possibility of preaching more regularly. Some of my recent sermons are available below in manuscript and video formats.
CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (Dallas, Texas)
God is Still Speaking (January 2024)
NORTHRIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (Dallas, Texas)
Who am I? (August 2023)
ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH (Dallas, Texas)
Sowing Seeds of Hope (July 2023)
EASTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (Dallas, Texas)
Difficult Discipleship (June 2023)