This sermon, based on Isaiah 2:1-5, was preached at Grace of God Lutheran for the first Sunday of Advent (November 30), 2025. The accompanying readings were Philippians 4:4-7 and Matthew 21:1-11.

What should we do with our daily lives? Now at the halfway point through the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon offers simple and pointed words of wisdom. He points out the benefits of reflecting on death; the folly of extremes; and the humility tha...

This sermon, the final in our four-part series on 2 Thessalonians, was preached at Grace of God Lutheran on November 23, 2025, for the final Sunday of the church year.

This sermon was preached at Grace of God on November 16, 2025, as the third in our series on the end times that will conclude this church year.

What should we do with our daily lives? Now at the halfway point through the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon offers simple and pointed words of wisdom. He points out the benefits of reflecting on death; the folly of extremes; and the humility tha...

This sermon was preached at Grace of God on November 9, 2025, as the second in our series on the end times that will conclude this church year.

This sermon was preached at Grace of God on November 2, 2025, to begin our series on the end times that will conclude this church year.

What should we do with our daily lives? Now at the halfway point through the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon offers simple and pointed words of wisdom. He points out the benefits of reflecting on death; the folly of extremes; and the humility tha...

This sermon was preached at Grace of God Lutheran on October 26, 2025, in observance of Reformation Day.

Thanks for listening again to the Meaningless Podcast! In this episode, Pastor Tim and Ian discuss Ecclesiastes chapter 6.God's gives some people wealth, power, and success beyond their wildest imaginations; yet He does not allow them to...

This sermon, based on Psalm 100, was preached at Grace of God Lutheran on October 19, 2025, for the 50th anniversary of our congregation. The Reverend Doctor Timothy Bourman, pastor of Sure Foundation Lutheran in Queens NYC, served as our guest...

This sermon, written in the first-person from the perspective of one of the "other nine" lepers in Luke 17:11-19, was preached for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost on October 12, 2025, at Grace of God Lutheran.

We can be foolish in our religious observance; we can be foolish in our political activity; we can be foolish in our economic pursuits. Ecclesiastes 5 points out some of the folly humans in which humans engage in those spheres of life. In the e...

Ecclesiastes chapter 4 reflects on human relationships. They can be both comforting and encouraging ("Pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up," 4:10) or destructive ("Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place ...

What is forgiveness? And what is faith? In Luke 17:1-10, Jesus teaches his disciples that faith (of any size) is able to do the impossible task of forgiving.This sermon, based on the first ten verses of Luke 17, was preached at Grace of ...

Thanks for listening again to the Meaningless Podcast! In this episode, Pastor Tim and Ian discuss Ecclesiastes chapter 3. This chapter of Ecclesiastes reminds us that there's a proper time and place for everything that happens. War...

This sermon, based on Revelation 12:7-12, was preached for the Festival of St. Michael and All Angels, observed at Grace of God Lutheran on the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (September 28, 2025). The accompanying readings were Luke 10:17-20 ...

This sermon, based on 1 Timothy 6:6-11 and 17-19, was preached at Grace of God Lutheran on September 21, 2025 (the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost).

This sermon, based on Luke 15:1-10, was preached at Grace of God Lutheran on September 14, 2025.

Here on 'The Meaningless Podcast' Pastor Tim and Ian dive into selections from each chapter of Ecclesiastes from a Confessional Lutheran perspective.Sometimes we find ourselves cast adrift in a storm of chaos and uncertainty in our every...

Here on 'The Meaningless Podcast' Pastor Tim and Ian dive into selections from each chapter of Ecclesiastes from a Confessional Lutheran perspective.Sometimes we find ourselves cast adrift in a storm of chaos and uncertainty in our every...

This sermon, based on Luke 14:25-35, was preached at grace of God Lutheran on September 7, 2025. The accompanying readings were selections from Deuteronomy 30 and from Paul's letter to Philemon.

This sermon, based on Luke 21:1-4, was prepared for Grace of God Lutheran Church's Labor Day Weekend worship service. It was presented in video format in Pastor Walsh's absence. 

This sermon was preached at Grace of God Lutheran Church on August 24, 2025.

This sermon was preached at Grace of God Lutheran Church on August 17, 2025.