Natural Disasters Psalm 46: 1-2 God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea. By this time, we’ve all seen or read about the typhoon-battered islands ofRead More →
Feeding the Hungry In the summer of 2013, St Andrew Lutheran Church participated in a program named Feed Iowa First. We planted, water and watched watermelons grow on our front lawn. The watermelon garden produced over 1,000 pounds of fresh watermelon for Horizons Meals on Wheels. Most of us haveRead More →
All Saint’s Sunday “For all the saints who from their labors rest, All who by faith before the world confessed, Your name, O Jesus, be forever blest. Alleluia! Alleluia!” “For All the Saints”, Lutheran Book of Worship Do you know a saint . . . or two or three, orRead More →
Martin Luther was a dedicated priest in the Roman Catholic Church. He struggled greatly with the conflict between what he understood of Jesus’ teachings of the Christian life and the great gift of salvation to all people, and the practices of the Church that seemed designed to keep Christians inRead More →
Garage Sale The St Andrew Youth’s semi-annual garage sale is Saturday, 10/19. By the time most folks read this devotion, the sale will be completed. While setting up for the sale, I starting thinking about how one person’s sales item (junk?) could be another person’s treasure. I know several ofRead More →
Faith Statements The St Andrew Confirmation students have to write a Faith Statement and an autobiography during their two years of studies. Have you ever thought of writing a Faith Statement? One of my daughters Faith Statements includes the following lines: “I believe God is spectacular. The father, who isRead More →
For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a timeRead More →
Jesus said to his disciples: “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. . . . You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing;Read More →
Has anyone ever planted a garden for you? Not someone you hire to do your yard work, not a neighbor offering you some extra plants from their own garden, not your adult children or family members helping out because you can’t dig or stay on your knees like you couldRead More →
Two little eyes to look to God Two little ears to hear His word Two little feet to walk His ways Hands to serve him all my day – Very old Lutheran Sunday School Song This little song, so simple and appropriate to young children, and sung with gestures toRead More →