Now the green blade rises from the buried grain, Wheat that in dark earth many days has lain; Love lives again, that with the dead has been; Love is come again like wheat arising green “Now the Green Blade Rises”, Lutheran Book of Worship The above is the first stanzaRead More →

Christ is risen!  Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! What does this mean for us?  Today?   We know it means that we will have eternal life with God.  That death is not the victor!   We know it means our sins are forgiven and we are cleansed in the blood of theRead More →

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever! This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. – Psalm 118: 1, 24 As Midwesterners, it seems we have the rhythm of the seasons in our DNA. Read More →