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Sandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast SeriesThe One Who Conquers(Revelation 21:1-7). The message is one of hope for John’s persecuted people and for us. The person who stands firm, who conquers in his language here, will be in this band of festive-clad people. This sermon was preached on the Fifth Sunday of Easter and on Confirmation Day (May 18, 2025) for our congregation.2025-06-0719 min
The Starved Rock Murders with Andy HaleHonoring the Victims: A Step Back Before the HearingAs the crucial May 2025 evidentiary hearing for Chester Weger approaches, Andy takes a moment to explore the other side of the Starved Rock Murders. In this episode, he honors the lives of the three victims—Mildred Lindquist, Frances Murphy, and Lillian Oetting—and revisits the role of Chester’s original attorney, John A. McNamara. It’s a thoughtful, emotional journey into a pivotal moment in history you won’t want to miss.Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or watch the full episode on YouTube.2025-05-0113 minSandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast SeriesGood News that Matters!The Gospel reading for the Baptism of Our Lord (Epiphany 1) is Luke 3:15-22. Because it is Good News that matters, John the Baptist, with exhortations preaches Good News to people. We do the same. We thank God for the power and peace of the Gospel, for it alone creates real and lasting change in our lives!2025-01-1514 minSandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast SeriesThe Bondage BreakerTheme of the Day: Today is the day—the Anniversary of the Reformation! And we do so based upon Christ’s words in John 8:32, “The truth will set you free.” This is our Independence Day! Scripture readings for Reformation Sunday: Revelation 14:6-7; Romans 3:19-28; John 8:31-36.2024-10-2917 minSandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast SeriesWalk in the Way of Wisdom.Proverbs 9:1-10 and John 6:51-69. Christ has given us a new path to walk, unlike the ways of the world. 2024-08-2017 minSandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast SeriesHe is always near.Psalm 145:10-21. The Psalmist declares, “The Lord is near.” The new man whom God has raised up in Baptism will rejoice at the presence of God so near to us. This psalm connects to the Old Testament Reading (Ex 16:2–15), in which God miraculously provides the manna from heaven out of the generosity of his hand. It is the Lord God who provides for the needs of his people. It also connects to the Gospel reading John 6:22–35. Jesus refers to himself as “the bread of life” who has “come down from heaven” (Jn 6:35, 38).2024-08-0815 minSandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast SeriesLife in His Son, Life in UsI John 5:9-15. John wants to address that fearful person today who has doubts, “I feel like I am an imposter.” John’s answer is to believe the stronger testimony of God.2024-05-1315 minSandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast SeriesLiving as the Child of God I John 3:1-7Theme: God has called us His children. And so we are. Our own eyes are still of this world and we struggle to see it ourselves. But the one who believes/hopes in this, is being made like that (purifying self).2024-05-0819 minSandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast SeriesPeace with joy and the wounds of Christ in the middleJohn 20:19-31 Theme: The world loves the idea of peace, but most of the solutions which it offers are really just a form of coping with problems. Jesus bestows peace upon his disciples, real peace. And in the middle of that peace are the wounds of Christ and holy joy. 2024-04-0817 minSandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast SeriesJesus Stands Among ThemJohn 1:6-8, 19-28 Theme of the Day: John does not bring the Messiah nor do we bring Christ to the nations, but we point out the One who is right there. 2023-12-1817 minSandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast SeriesAn Angel Flying Directly Overhead with an Eternal GospelRevelation 14:6-7 Oct. 29th, 2023John sees this angel flying high – but who is he? It is true, in a dark time Martin Luther’s voice rang clear and true and called many to glorify God, fear Him, and worship Him who made all things. But it is an angel who proclaims this – and the word angel means messenger --someone who is sent. On this Reformation Day we are thinking about the mission of the Church as a whole.2023-10-3120 minSandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast SeriesI See Jesus! GenerousOn the Fourth Sunday of Easter (April 30th), also known as Good Shepherd Sunday, the sermon is based on Acts 2:42-47. This is also Confirmation Day for two confirmands who publicly confessed their faith in their Good Shepherd. Others readings for this day include Psalm 23 and John 10: 1-10. May the Holy Spirit work in us the gifts which He brings through faith, particularly the life which is lived generously!The sermon series for the Sundays of Easter will be based on the readings in the Book of Acts, a text of great import which often gets too...2023-05-1616 minSandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast SeriesI See Jesus! -- CourageousThe sermon series for the Sundays of Easter will be based on the readings in the Book of Acts, a text of great import which often gets too little attention from God’s people. The sermon series is called "I See Jesus!" The presumption here is that Jesus, risen from the dead, is inhabiting and working through His people today. He is not sitting idly on some heavenly throne listening to celestial top 40. The point of the initial chapters of Acts seems clear. Jesus is not absent but present, but if you want to see Him, look to His peo...2023-04-1717 minSandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast SeriesHe puts His Spirit Within Us!This sermon is based on the Old Testament reading from Ezekiel 37 for the Fifth Sunday in Lent. Readings for the Fifth Sunday in Lent include the following: Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:1-11: John 11:1-53 Pastor Jon starts with a central image based on a painting by Edvard Munch entitled, "By the Death Bed." It would probably help to look at this painting prior to listening to the sermon and having it available to look at again at times during the sermon. Here are the details of the painting with its link for viewing online:Munch, Edvard, 1863-1944. At the Deathbed, fr...2023-03-2718 minSandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast SeriesThe Lord is Among UsThe sermon entitled, "The Lord is Among Us," is based on Exodus 17:1-7, which is the Old Testament reading for the Third Sunday in Lent. The Gospel reading for Lent 3 is John 4:5-26. May the hearer confess and marvel at the presence of Christ!2023-03-1318 minSandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast SeriesFather AbrahamThis sermon, based on the Old Testament reading (Genesis 12:1-9) for the Second Sunday in Lent, is called, “Father Abraham.” May the Spirit of God conform the hearer to the pattern of Abraham – the man of faith.! The Epistle reading is Romans 4:1-8, 13-17 and the Gospel reading is John 3:1-17 and both are referenced in the sermon. The sermon outline is a definition of faith and is provided here for your convenience:Faith is confidence in God ….A. Trusting His promisesB. And acting on His promises,C. Lookin...2023-03-0620 minSandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast SeriesHe Brings JoyHe Brings Joy -- Jesus cares about your joy. John wrote in another place that “your joy will be complete” (Jn 15:11). Jesus brings joy. How does God then make our lives places of joy as a result? How can we view the brokenness of God’s creation? How do we become more Christ-like with this gift of joy?During this season of Epiphany, we are using the idea of unwrapping a gift. Jesus is of course the gift to us, given at Christmas and Epiphany is when we get to unwrap it slowly, marveling at each f...2022-02-0319 minSandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast SeriesGod's KingdomLuke lets us see this through the eyes of a Jewish peasant girl from a nowhere village called Nazareth. How does God’s kingdom see this world? We see through the eyes of power, money, etc., but is that accurate or the best lens? Mary, visited by an angel, pregnant with a child by the Holy Spirit, greeted by a yet-unborn John the Baptist might just give us a better lens by which to view this world as God sees it. What is more, as Luke notices for us, she was inspired by the Holy Spirit.2021-12-2015 minSandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast SeriesHopeful Expectations for God's Advent PeopleThe previous two Sundays have given us an opportunity to reflect on watchfulness for the (final) coming of the Son of Man and on the appearance and mission of John the Baptist. This Gospel of the Third Sunday of Advent brings these two figures together and addresses the matter of expectations from a variety of perspectives: John’s expectations of the Messiah, the crowds’ expectations of John, and this generation’s expectations of Jesus.2021-12-1720 minSandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast SeriesI ExpectThe text for Christ the King Sunday is Revelation 1:4b-8. Reading and hearing this text gives us the hopeful expectation that the Lord of time and life, Jesus the Christ, comes to save, restore, and reveal the eternal life which belongs to the hearer by baptism. The other readings for this day include Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 and John 18:33-37.2021-11-2522 min
Mend the Gap: Equity in MedicineMen Who Champion WomenIn this episode, Susan M. MacDonald, MD, and Laura B. Enyedi, MD, talk with Randall J. Olson, MD; William Trattler, MD; David F. Chang, MD; and Thomas A. Oetting, MS, MD, about the importance of providing mentorship, advocacy and leadership opportunities to women in ophthalmology. Intro :31 The topic 1:50 Guest introduction 2:39 Discussion 4:23 The importance of advocacy from bystanders to change the culture of sexual harassment 6:16 Do you have any advice for men who want to mentor women 9:24 Bill, how do you so seamlessly see your colleagues as colleagues? 11:47 How to include more women in leadership roles 15:49 Discussion on the p...2021-11-1537 minMend the Gap: Equity in MedicineMen Who Champion WomenIn this episode, Susan M. MacDonald, MD, and Laura B. Enyedi, MD, talk with Randall J. Olson, MD; William Trattler, MD; David F. Chang, MD; and Thomas A. Oetting, MS, MD, about the importance of providing mentorship, advocacy and leadership opportunities to women in ophthalmology. Intro :31 The topic 1:50 Guest introduction 2:39 Discussion 4:23 The importance of advocacy from bystanders to change the culture of sexual harassment 6:16 Do you have any advice for men who want to mentor women 9:24 Bill, how do you so seamlessly see your colleagues as colleagues? 11:47 How to include more women in leadership roles 15:49 Discussion on the p...2021-11-1537 minSandhills Lutheran Ministry Podcast SeriesAll Saints Day SermonAll Saints Day has this great prayer: “Almighty and everlasting God, You knit together Your faithful people of all times and places into one holy communion, the mystical body of Your Son, Jesus Christ. Grant us so to follow Your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living that, together with them, we may come to the unspeakable joys You have prepared for those who love You; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.” The text starts with this prayer, the assertion that God...2021-11-1322 min
SeeHearSpeak PodcastDevelopmental language disorder within different dialects with Janna OettingJanna Oetting, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Professor, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders at Louisiana State UniversityResourcesThe Language and Life ProjectDELV Screening TestThe Complete Syntax Skills of Poor, Urban, African American Preschoolers at School EntryDialect Informed Probe: Directions and FormsPlease email cdjanna@lsu.edu to receive a link to the Past Tense Probe PowerPoint containing 24 four-second animationsAn Informed Lens on African American EnglishSpecific Language Impairment in African American English and Southern White English: Measures of Tense and Agreement With Dialect-Informed Probes and Strategic ScoringPrologue: Toward Accurate Identification of Developmental Language Disorder Within Linguistically Diverse SchoolsDLD F...2020-07-2950 min