Fr. Mike – Fr. Mike Seiler

Where’s the Injustice?

Sep 20, 2026Fr. MikeSermonsEquality, Faith in Action, Fear, Focus, God, Judging, Judgment, Pride, Provision, Survival

Lectionary Readings: Year A – Proper 20 If you came in here today feeling the world is spiraling out of control, you wouldn’t be alone. Any time we watch the news, we are inundated with stories of death, destruction, mayhem. Of theft, of fraud, or just people taking advantage of others. It seems, sometimes, like…

Forgetting What Lies Behind

Sep 13, 2026Fr. MikeSermonsAnger, Fear, Forgetting, Forgiveness, Hatred, Judgment, Schadenfreude, Sin, Unforgiving, Violence

Lectionary Readings: Year A – Proper 19 Before we get into this parable in the Gospel, let’s remember the story of a minor prophet named Jonah, son of Amittai. God came to Jonah and told him to go to Nineveh, because the city was exceedingly wicked. And Jonah jumped up and immediately bought a ticket…

An Unstoppable Force

Sep 6, 2026Fr. MikeSermonsChurch Discipline, Discipline, Faith in Action, Forgiveness, Forgiving, God With Us, Hatred, Judging, Judgment, Losing, Love, Reconciliation, Sin, Winning

Lectionary Readings: Year A, Proper 18 Years ago I was listening to a husband and wife talking about their first few months as a married couple. Most of you may have a similar story, though maybe not as in depth as these two. It all started with the toilet paper roll. The husband liked the…

Mistaken Identity, Too

Aug 30, 2026Fr. MikeSermonsChrist, Disciples, Discipleship, Evangelism, Fear, Following Jesus, Hatred, Judging, Judgment, Love, Messiah, True Religion

Lectionary Readings: Year A – Proper 17 Sometimes the way the lectionary splits things up is a bit odd. The readings we have today are a direct continuation of the conversation between Jesus and the disciples that we heard last week. And, instead of keeping the conversation in one reading, it was split into two.…

Mistaken Identity

Aug 23, 2026Fr. Mike1 CommentSermonsDiscernment, Identity, Jesus, King, King of Kings, Kingdom, Lord, Mark Twain, Prince and the Pauper, Salvation, Sin, Soteriology

Lectionary Readings: Year A – Proper 16 In 1882, Mark Twain published a little story here in the United States, which I’m sure all of you have heard about. It’s called The Prince and the Pauper, and it follows the lives of two young boys. One is Prince Edward VI, son of King Henry VIII…

Where Would You Rather Be?

Aug 9, 2026Fr. Mike1 CommentSermonsChaos, Faith, Faith in Action, Jaws, Jesus, Miracles, Peace, Storms, Walking on Water

Lectionary Readings: Year A – Proper 14 In the movie Jaws, there’s a scene where Martin Brody, the sheriff in town is sitting on the back of the boat, throwing out chum into the water, hoping that they’ll be able to attract the shark that they are hunting. He’s absent-mindedly talking to the ship’s captain…

You Already Know

Aug 2, 2026Fr. MikeSermonsDoubt, Faith, Fear, Feeding, Food, Hospitals, Impossible, Miracles, Possible, Preparation

Lectionary Readings: Year A, Proper 13 I’d like to tell you a story about a young seminarian. Many seminaries around the country require a hospital chaplaincy to graduate. The hospital this seminarian ended up at was a large urban hospital – a Level 1 trauma center. It was the hospital that dealt with major accidents,…

What’s It Like?

Jul 26, 2026Fr. MikeSermonsFaith, Faith in Action, Fish, Jesus, Judging, Judgment, Life, Parable, Parables, Priorities, Treasure

Heavy Burdens?

Jul 5, 2026Fr. Mike1 CommentSermonsGift, Injustice, Jesus, Justice, Religion, Rest, Righteousness, Salvation, Social Justice, Social Standing

Lectionary Readings: Year A, Proper 9 I want you to take a moment and imagine with me: You’re out, running errands. Even though you’ve planned the best you can, you’re coming a bit late for the church-wide landscaping and cleanup day. When you get into the parish hall, you realize that no one else is there,…

A Golden Statue

Jun 1, 2026Fr. MikeRandom Thoughts, Social CommentaryGod, Golden Calf, Idolatry, Idols, Immorality, Pride, Priorities, Sin, Social Commentary, Social Standing, Unscrupulousness

There once was a ruler of a nation who erected a large golden statue of himself. At the unveiling and dedication of this statue, important political figures in the nation, the governors, the spiritual and political advisers, the judges and magistrates, and many others, came to show their support of this marvelous statue. These people…