March 18, 2021
Grace to you, and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. Sometimes it sounds like God has bitten off more than He can chew; and promises more than He can deliver. Now of course we know God is the Almighty and can do whatever He wants, but theory is theory and life is life, and sometimes theories… Read More »
March 17, 2021
Grace to you, and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. If you had only one final public appearance to make, what would you say? What would you want those who would hear you to remember? What would you want those who would hear you to do? The Gospel reading we heard takes us to the end… Read More »
March 14, 2021
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, ‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus.’1 These words… Read More »
March 10, 2021
Grace to you and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. You and I can learn a lot by listening to the teachers in your life. In school we can be blessed by listening to, and learning from, teachers. In the workplace we can learn by listening to those who’ve been in the field for years. We… Read More »
March 7, 2021
Grace to you, and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. I wanted to take another look at Jesus cleansing the Temple today. We covered it two weeks ago on Wednesday evening looking at this significant event that occurred on Monday of Holy Week. We see a very different side of Jesus here. He’s overturning tables and… Read More »
March 3, 2021
Grace to you, and peace, in Jesus’ Holy Name. Amen. People ask questions every day. Most of them are probably not all that important. You know like, “How are you doing?” or, “Did you watch the game yesterday?” Wives know the challenge you sometimes have to think up something new things for dinner. My wife… Read More »
February 28, 2021
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father, and from our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The story goes: Moses. The wilderness. Ungrateful people. Fiery serpents. Death. Repentance. A bronze serpent on pole. Faith. Life. It’s a good story. The thing is it’s just not how we would have written it.… Read More »
February 24, 2021
Grace to you and peace, in Jesus’ Holy Name. Amen. We’re probably familiar with the details of the major events that took place on Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday, but what took place on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of Holy Week? Those three days contain some of Jesus’ most significant action,… Read More »
February 21, 2021
Grace, mercy and peace be your in Jesus’ name. Amen. Abraham lived what had to be three gut-wrenching days. I have to believe he thought to himself, “Something is drastically wrong here.” and I would agree with him. Something is drastically wrong here. Even though we know the end of the story, you can’t help… Read More »
February 17, 2021
Grace to you, and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. Next to Good Friday, today is the most somber day on the Christian Calendar. Ash Wednesday is the day when we remember that we are dust and to dust we shall return. What does that mean? We are remembering a tragically significant day in human history.… Read More »
