Sermons Out of Rural Ministry
Dynamic, contextual sermons from Pastor Josh Ehrler, who serves a small town ELCA Lutheran congregation in Northern Illinois. Sermons are rooted in scripture and reflect the local community, as well as the movements of the wider world. He and his congregation are affirming of LGBTQ+ personhood and live out their baptismal promise to seek (racial, economic, identity, environmental) justice and peace.
Sermons Out of Rural Ministry
Listen for the Stories
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Pastor Josh Ehrler
Our gospel reading begins with obscure, historic references that don't mean much to us. We have to do a lot of work to figure out each name or place, and in doing that work, may miss the promise of God's movement declared. The same can happen to folks we meet who may not know the stories of Jesus or our local church. What matters dearly to us may mean nothing to people we encounter and worse, we run the risk of using stories to keep people out. What are the stories you can tell that could point straight to Christ? What stories do our neighbors tell that speak of God's presence? #sermon #Advent #storyoflife #welcomejesus