Dave Lyle

Sermon: Shameless Persistence. July 27, 2025 - Grace Upon Grace This sermon was preached at Grace Lutheran Church (River Forest, IL) on the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost. You can watch the livestream recording here and follow along in the bulletin. The livestream...

Sunday's sermon.

Sermon: Peace for a Doubting World. April 27, 2025 - Grace Upon Grace This sermon was preached at Grace Lutheran Church (River Forest, IL) on April 27, the Second Sunday of Easter. You can view the livestream recording and follow along in the bulletin. The photo was tak...

Sunday's sermon. Easter 2, Doubting Thomas, Peace.

Sermon: Olfactory Hues. April 6, 2025 - Grace Upon Grace This sermon was proclaimed at Grace Lutheran Church (River Forest, IL) on the Fifth Sunday in Lent. You can watch the livestream recording and follow along in the bulletin. It was particularly hearten...

Sunday's sermon.

Sermon: Hint and Allegations. March 23, 2025 - Grace Upon Grace This sermon was preached at Grace Lutheran Church (River Forest, IL) on March 23, the Third Sunday in Lent. You can watch the livestream recording here while following along in the bulletin. The pictu...

Today's sermon.

Sermon: Get Ready. March 9, 2025 - Grace Upon Grace This sermon was preached at Grace Lutheran Church (River Forest, IL) on the First Sunday in Lent. You can watch the livestream recording and follow along in the bulletin. The photo is my actual receip...

Sunday's sermon.

I spent Presidents' Day morning reading this. First time since junior high. Trying to figure out what it reminds me of. Can't quite put my finger on it.

Sermon: Plain Dealer. February 16, 2025 - Grace Upon Grace This sermon was preached at Grace Lutheran Church (River Forest, IL) on February 16, the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany. You can watch the livestream recording and follow along in the bulletin. The image...

Sunday's sermon.

Sermon: Empty Netter. February 9, 2025 - Grace Upon Grace This sermon was preached at Grace Lutheran Church (River Forest, IL) on February 9, the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost. You can watch the livestream recording and follow along in the bulletin. The photo...

Today's sermon. Do not be afraid.

This is as awful as it is insane. Even if it's "just negotiating" it's a dangerous game that uses the people of Gaza as pawns.

Trump Officials to Put Almost All U.S.A.I.D. Workers on Leave A notice posted on the agency’s website, which had gone dark over the weekend, said that nearly all of its global work force would be put on administrative leave by Friday.

Breaking News: Nearly all of the 10,000 workers at U.S.A.I.D., the U.S. global aid agency, will be put on leave by the week’s end, an official memo said.

Trump says he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip Trump said he and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu talked Tuesday about relocating Palestinians and leveling Gaza, which he suggested could be the "Riviera of the Middle East" under U.S. ownership.

The Riviera of the Middle East, he says. Forced displacement is illegal. Seeing the heartbreak of Gaza as a real estate opportunity. Stay classy, USA.

I'm beginning to suspect that they might not have been all that concerned about the price of eggs.