Amos 7:7-15 This sermon looks at a basic object lesson (children's sermon) God gives the prophet amos about a plumb line, and what it says about what can go wrong if we lose sight of the true standard against which we must measure what is Holy.Oleh Eric

Mark 6:1-13 When Jesus preaches in his hometown, his neighbors are unable to recognize his holiness. This sermon discusses the importance of recognizing what is holy in the ordinary.Oleh Eric

Mark 5:21-43 This Sermon Looks at Jesus healing Jairus and an unnamed woman and what this might say about our cultures relationship to Jesus while it's relationship to church undeniably changes.Oleh Eric

Mark 4:35-41 (Job 38:1-11) The story of Jesus calming the storm is so common that even people who don't know the story refer to it in idioms. This sermon compares it to the reading from Job and asks what it means when a person keeps faith but the storm doesn't become calm.Oleh Eric

Genesis 3:8-15 Today's reading takes place after the part of the story which most folks would identify as Original Sin. This sermon looks at what that assumption means and what it might mean to change the location of "original sin to this point just a bit laterOleh Eric

Romans 8:12-17 This sermon looks at verse 15 and what it means to not fall back in to fear. It asks how we can be debtors and free, both said in this reading, at the same time.Oleh Eric

John 15:26-27;16:4b-15 Pentecost is a celeberation of the Church's birthday. It is a celebration of when the Holy Spirit arrived and breathed life into the gathering of saints. This sermon looks at what the Holy spirit is, and more importantly what Jesus says it will do.Oleh Eric

John 17:6-19 Mother's day is not a Christian holiday, but this sermon does use it combined with a gospel reading of Jesus praying as an excuse to share a story about praying for a mother.Oleh Eric

Mark 14:17-25 This week's podcast is less of a sermon than a discussion of Lutheran theology of the meal. This was part of a celebration of the mass with sending of communion to the gatherings of Grace and Emmanuel Luitheran churches this Sunday.Oleh Eric

John 15:1-8 In today's passage Jesus says that those who do not abide in him cannot bear fruit. This sermon looks at the difference between reading that in a prescriptive and descriptive sense. There is perhaps more hope in hearing it as a description and promise.Oleh Eric

John 10:11-18 When Jesus says the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep, it doesn't make sense without the context of the events that come later. This sermon looks at what that context could mean for the current state of the institutional church.Oleh Eric