Day Hefner
Day Hefner is a seminarian at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago (LSTC), going through the candidacy process to become an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Before moving to Chicago for seminary, she worked teaching English and job skills to refugees and immigrants in her native state of Nebraska, and also spent a year on staff at the Nebraska Synod office. Prior to that, she served for four years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic. Currently, she works part-time as an itinerant preacher. Her interests include Latinx ministry and immigration activism, as well as interfaith and development/redevelopment ministry. She also has a degree in music, loves cats, and is an avid crafter.
Category Archives: Sermons
Sermon: Eyes of Faith
Thursday, April 27, 2017 James Kenneth Echols Prize for Excellence in Preaching Event Augustana Chapel, Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago My friend Anna and I were finalists for our seminary’s annual preaching prize, and we both got to preach … Continue reading
Sermón: Palmas y perspectivas
Domingo de ramas / Palm Sunday 9 abril, 2017 / April 9, 2017 Mateo 21:1-11 / Matthew 21:1-11 First Lutheran Church of Lutheran Square (I also submitted this sermon as an assignment for my preaching class, so I experimented with … Continue reading
Sermon: Truth from the Margins
Third Sunday of Lent / Tercer domingo de cuaresma March 19, 2017 / 19 marzo, 2017 John 4:5-42 / Juan 4:5-42 First Lutheran Church of Lutheran Square La única cosa que le interesaba a Kenny era Bionicle – un mundo … Continue reading
Sermón: Renunciando el renunciar
“Domingo de Ceniza” / “Ash Sunday” 5 Marzo, 2017 / March 5, 2017 First Lutheran Church of Logan Square Mateo 6:1-6, 16-21 Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Hoy, empezamos el tiempo de la Cuaresma por observar el Miércoles de Ceniza – o … Continue reading
Sermon: Breaking the Cycle
(Early) Sermon for Ash Wednesday February 22, 2017 “Sermon Design and Delivery” course LSTC Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 “Beware of practicing your righteousness before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father … Continue reading
Sermon: In the Flesh… AND the Spirit
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany / Sexto domingo de Epifanía Sunday, February 12, 2017 / Domingo, 12 febrero, 2017 First Lutheran Church in Logan Square Tuesday, February 14, 2017 Augustana Chapel, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 (16-17) … Continue reading
Sermon: On Baptists and Prophets
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Sunday, February 15, 2017 First Lutheran Church of Logan Square John 1:29-42 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin … Continue reading
Sermon: Hope in the Dark
Primer domingo de Navidad / First Sunday after Christmas Domingo 1 enero, 2017 / Sunday, January 1, 2017 Iglesia Luterana Nueva Esperanza / New Hope Lutheran Church Aurora, IL Mateo 2:13-23 / Matthew 2:13-23 Merry Christmas! Today’s gospel reading seems … Continue reading
Sermon: Signs of the Kingdom
Third Sunday of Advent / Tercer Domingo de Adviento December 11, 2016 / 11 de diciembre, 2016 First Lutheran Church of Logan Square Matthew 11:2-11 / Mateo 11:2-11 In our Gospel reading for today, John asks Jesus a question that … Continue reading
Grandes promesas: un sermón para el Día de los Santos Muertos de la Reforma-Halloween
Domingo de Todos los Santos (Según la predicadora) Domingo de la Reformación (Según el director de música) Domingo 24 después de Pentecostés (Según la secretaria/liturgista) Domingo, 30 de octubre, 2016 (Según todos) Iglesia Luterana Nueva Esperanza, Aurora, IL Daniel … Continue reading
