LENT IV March 10, 2024 “Victories and Defeats” It’s that “March Madness” time of year, and the basketball fans among us are wrapped up in all the ins and outs of this year’s college tournaments. For many, it’s entertaining to watch high caliber athletes who are so excellentRead More →
LENT III March 3, 2024 “Redeemed Through Sacrifice, Justified by Grace” “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us fromRead More →
LENT II February 25, 2024 “The New (And Improved?!) Lenten Fast” “And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But when youRead More →
LENT I February 18, 2024 “Going on a Journey?” Then Jesus called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal. He said to them, “Take nothing for yourRead More →
SUNDAY OF THE TRANSFIGURATIONEPIPHANY VIFebruary 11, 2024 “Love is Glue” “Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. ItRead More →
EPIPHANY V February 4, 2024 “Partners in the Gospel” “Therefore, brothers and sisters, holy partners in a heavenly calling, consider that Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, was faithful to the one who appointed him, . . . “ (Hebrews 3:1,2a) “Since, then, we haveRead More →
EPIPHANY IV January 28, 2024 “The Unexpected Call” Do you ever think about the nature of a “call”? References to being called, having a calling, and hearing God’s call are found throughout the Bible. The story of the boy Samuel, whose mother dedicated him to the service ofRead More →
EPIPHANY III January 21, 2024 “God’s Chosen Instrument” Lutherans honor and continue to learn from the many individuals who have been instrumental in spreading and building up the Christian faith throughout the world and over the centuries. This week, on Thursday, January 25, we commemorate the conversion of St.Read More →
EPIPHANY II January 14, 2024 So . . . What’s New?” The new year doesn’t seem quite so new anymore, does it? It’s only a couple of weeks old, and that warm glow from Christmas and the sense of a fresh new year is fading quickly. But the reality isRead More →
EPIPHANY I January 7, 2024 “Scholars and Believers” “ . . . Wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, ‘Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.” (Matthew 2:1a-2) Read More →