Today as I write this it is May Day. Traditionally this is a day that is celebrated as a spring festival. It marks the revival of life in early spring after winter (as we in SE Iowa are facing some possible snow in the next couple days!). There are traditionsRead More →
Last Monday was Earth Day, and there have been Earth Week events of all kinds taking place every day. I remember my son was in elementary school at the time Earth Day was initiated, and how thoroughly he enjoyed the activities focusing on the natural environment. I thought it wasRead More →
In the Gospel of Luke, chapter 24, beginning with verse 13, through verse 35, we read the story of a remarkable occurrence later in the day of Jesus’ resurrection. Two of Jesus’ followers were walking to Emmaus, a village about seven miles from Jerusalem, when they were joined by aRead More →
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 →
“Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it hadRead More →
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. — (Galatians 4:2) A few weeks ago, my husband and I were returning home from a visit with our family in the Twin Cities. Although it had been snowy over the weekend, the roads were clear and dry and theRead More →
Parable of the Prodigal Son Please read Luke 15:11-32, (The Parable of the Prodigal and His Brother) I’ll wait right here while you read………..now I know some of you didn’t read the parable, here is some more time to complete this assignment……….. Ok I see that most of you actually readRead More →
Parable OF the Barren Fig Tree Luke 13:6-9, Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, ‘See here! For three years I have come looking forRead More →