Six Ethics of Life Before you pray – Believe Before you speak – Listen Before you spend – Earn Before you write – Think Before you quit – Try Before you die – Live – Unknown When you need to pray, remember and believe that God is always there andRead More →
The Day of Pentecost I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy catholic Church, the Communion of Saints; the Forgiveness of sins; the Resurrection of the body; and the Life everlasting. Amen. I believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ my Lord, orRead More →
When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food and the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself. – Tecumseh, Cherokee Chief This poem is in a littleRead More →
Forgiving . . . and Forgiven “Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children, andRead More →
Blind Man Whenever you hear a church song do you ever just think, “How did they come up with it?” Or how well the words just blend together? Well here is a good example in what I found about a camp song and where it all came from. “Blind manRead More →
Identity Crisis Have you ever given thought to the variety of ways you have identified yourself? From early childhood on, we use a variety of identifying terms — who our parents are, where we live, where we go (or went) to school, where we work, and in other circumstances, whoRead More →
Communion Hands Hurting Hands/Helping Hands Clean Hands/Dirty Hands Happy Hands/Sad Hands Scared Hands/Hopeful Hands Frail Hands/Strong Hands Small Hands/Large Hands Idle Hands/Working Hands Healing Hands/Wounding Hands Healed Hands/Wounded Hands Warm Hands/Cold Hands Forgiving Hands/Forgiven Hands Busy Hands/Resting Hands Worried Hands/Calm Hands Loving Hands/Angry Hands Neighbor’s Hands/Stranger’s Hands Selfish Hands/Sharing HandsRead More →
Tell (Live) the Story “I love to tell the story; ‘twill be my theme in glory to tell the old, old story of Jesus and his love.” – ELW #661 Refrain During an Adult Forum in early March, Pastor Zach talked about “storytelling”. It is an ancient tradition, initially doneRead More →
THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer; and by night, but find no rest. In youRead More →
Realizations Have you ever had that feeling in your life that you realize what just happened? Or why something is the way that it is? These types of realizations happen all the time. In everyone’s life there are these moments. They can be quick or they can be huge. FromRead More →