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Better Call Saul
Acts 9:1-6; John 21:1-19 Sermon Good morning. When I was in seminary, taking my first class in preaching, I was taught to focus on a...
Alan Olson
May 6, 20196 min read
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Sympathy for Thomas
Acts 5:27-32; John 20:19-31 Sermon Good morning! Where is everyone? Everyone seemed to love worship last Sunday, so I was thinking they’d...
Alan Olson
Apr 29, 20197 min read
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Come! Live in the Light!
Luke 24:1-12; Acts 10:34-43 Acts 10:34-43 Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in...
Alan Olson
Apr 23, 20197 min read
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Into the Night
John 13:1-35 Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father....
Alan Olson
Apr 23, 20197 min read
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Choose Your Own Adventure
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Luke 19:28-44 Sermon Good morning. Can I get a Hosanna? Can I get another Hosanna? All right! You’re not the frozen...
Alan Olson
Apr 15, 20196 min read
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Equipped with Love
Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8 Sermon Good morning. We had a lot of people in worship last Sunday—upwards of a hundred, I think. It was...
Alan Olson
Apr 9, 20196 min read
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Human Glories
(3/27/19, Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine) John 12:36-43 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become...
Alan Olson
Apr 3, 20197 min read
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Frustrating Grace
2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Sermon Good morning. Our reading from the Gospel of Luke is one of the most familiar stories,...
Alan Olson
Apr 1, 20196 min read
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Who Do You See?
Isaiah 55:1-9; Luke 13:1-9 Luke 13:1-9 At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had...
Alan Olson
Mar 25, 20197 min read
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Keeping Promises (3/17/19)
Keeping Promises (3/17/19) Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Luke 13:31-35 Luke 13:31-35 31 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him,...
Alan Olson
Mar 19, 201910 min read
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Wednesday Meditation (3/13/19)
Luke 21:34-22:6 34 “Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life,...
Alan Olson
Mar 18, 20194 min read
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Lonesome Valleys
Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Luke 4:1-13 Sermon Good morning. I have a question for you. By a show of hands, how many of you decided to give...
Alan Olson
Mar 11, 20195 min read
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Glory Days
Exodus 34:29-35; Luke 9:28-43a Sermon Good morning. A couple weeks ago I decided to clean out my wallet. I had too many business cards...
Alan Olson
Mar 5, 20196 min read
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Putting Mercy into Practice
Genesis 45:3-11, 15; Luke 6:27-38 Sermon Good morning. As I was preparing my sermon this week, and studying our reading from the Gospel...
Alan Olson
Feb 25, 20197 min read
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Seeking the Kingdom
Jeremiah 17:5-10; Luke 6:17-26 Luke 6:17-26 17 He came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and...
Alan Olson
Feb 19, 20196 min read
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The Boys in the Boat
Isaiah 6:1-8; Luke 5:1-11 Luke 5:1-11 Once while Jesus[a] was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on...
Alan Olson
Feb 11, 20198 min read
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Practice Love
Jeremiah 1:4-10; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Sermon Good morning. This has been a challenging week for me. On Tuesday night I learned that one...
Alan Olson
Feb 4, 20198 min read
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The Empire Strikes Back
Isaiah 60:1-6; Matthew 2:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men[a] from the...
Alan Olson
Jan 15, 20198 min read
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Christmas in the Trenches
(12/24/18) Luke 2:1-20 In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the...
Alan Olson
Dec 31, 20187 min read
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I’ve Got a Bone to Pick with You!
Good morning. Or may I should say, “Happy Festivus!” For those of you who aren’t familiar with the world of Seinfeld, Festivus is a...
Alan Olson
Dec 27, 20187 min read
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