Sermons from Lyndale
The spiritual practice of receiving God’s blessing.
Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12 Listen here: January 21st, 2017. Inauguration day. I stood in a crowd of thousands in a parking lot in St. Paul getting ready to march towards the capital, complete with our pink hats and all the energy of freshly ignited resistance. I had...
Inseparable from Love
Matthew 3:13-17 Listen here: The closest thing to the baptism of Jesus I’ve been a part of was the first baptism I ever officiated. It was exquisite and awful, all at the same time. It happened in the middle of the night in the neo-natal intensive care unit in a...
Birthing Love
I love Christmas Eve… as a child of the North, I love the warmth amidst the often-bitter cold. I love the soft yellow light of candles and Christmas trees illuminated after a 4 pm sunset. I love the stars that shine even amidst the light pollution of the city—as if...