We might not think a simple witness means much – but just pointing to Jesus can change someone’s life.  It changed mine. [Audio is from same sermon preached at Trinity Lutheran that morning, due to audio issues at St. Jacob’s…slightly different, but the same message.]   Third Sunday in Advent […]

How do promises change our lives…especially God’s promises?  These are good questions to consider this Advent.   This is one of those weeks where the preached sermon differed a good bit from what I wrote…so just listen!   Second Sunday in Advent (Year B) – Sunday, December 7, 2014 – […]

What is Advent all about?  It’s about what we see and what we do while we wait for the One who will surely come.   First Sunday of Advent (Year B) – Sunday, November 30, 2014 – Isaiah 64:1-9 St. Jacob’s-Spaders Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia “While We Wait” – Pastor […]

Some of us have trouble telling the sheep from the goats.  And you know, when Jesus looks at us, I think he sees a little bit of both.  The real question is, can we see him?       Christ the King (Year A) – Sunday, November 23, 2014 – […]

Hearing Jesus’ story about the ten bridesmaids and their lamps, about the five who bring enough oil and the five who run out, we wonder….will we have enough left in the tank?  Will we be enough, when the bridegroom arrives? But what if it’s not about having enough?  What if, […]

On the Sunday after Halloween….it got spooky at St. Jacob’s-Spaders Lutheran Church…..because we ventured into…..the book of Revelation!   All Saints Sunday – November 2, 2014 – Revelation 7:9-17 St. Jacob’s-Spaders Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia “The Best Book of the Bible” – Pastor Evan Davis Did you know that the […]

You know how nerve-wracking it is to wait and wonder whether you’re hired for a job?  Sometimes we have the same kind of uncertainty about God.  But worry no longer…for God has made a new covenant with us in Jesus Christ.  You’re hired!  You are part of God’s family, now […]

With two weeks until the election, a lot of people are asking “whose side are you on?”  But what does it mean to be on God’s side?   19th Sunday after Pentecost (Year A) – Sunday, October 19, 2014 – Isaiah 45:1-9, Matthew 22:15-22 St. Jacob’s-Spaders Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia […]

Today we explore Matthew’s version of a story Jesus told – a story about invited guests who reject the invitation the wedding banquet of their king’s son.  For Matthew and his community, this story was a way to condemn those who rejected their invitation to come to faith in Christ […]