June 9, 2019
May God’s grace reign over you all the days of your life. Amen. I want to remind you of two things: First: I wonder how many of you remember the little game we played when we had our Seder service last year. The middle bread was hidden and the children had to find it. The… Read More »
June 7, 2019
Grace to you, and peace, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The prophet Isaiah wrote God’s Word, as the Holy Spirit guided him: Rain and snow come down from the sky. They do not go back again until they water the earth. They make it sprout and grow so that it produces… Read More »
June 2, 2019
Grace to you and peace in the name of our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Today we celebrate Ascension. An event that occurred 40 days after Jesus’ resurrection. When Jesus died there was no time for a funeral. The approaching Sabbath Day forced them to bury Him quickly. The law concerning the Sabbath… Read More »
May 26, 2019
Grace to you and peace in Jesus’ name. Amen. Samuel Clemens, whom most of us know as Mark Twain, was an amazing writer. He was insightful, funny, a statesmen and an observer of human culture. Sadly, Mr. Clemens felt his ability to make us smile and laugh at our insecurities and contradictions qualified him to… Read More »
May 19, 2019
Grace to you, and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. The Bible teaches in Psalm 8: From the mouths of little children and infants, you have built a fortress against your opponents, to silence the enemy and the avenger.1 Here God has declared that a war is going on. An enemy is attacking. Another Psalm reads:… Read More »
May 12, 2019
Grace to you, and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. A Sunday school teacher was beginning her class for some 4-year-olds. The class had increased in size this day with the arrival of an unfamiliar boy. The teacher told the boy her name, and then asked him his. “Robert,” he said. Robert gave no last name,… Read More »
May 5, 2019
Grace to you, and peace, in Jesus’ name. Amen. You heard it in the Gospel Reading. You heard it three times. Three times Jesus says, “when you pray…” “When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites…” “When you pray, go to your room and close the door….” “When you pray, don’t ramble like heathens…” “When… Read More »
April 28, 2019
Grace to you in the name of our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Have you ever been in a situation that, if only for a short time, paralyzed you with fear? Maybe it was when a doctor’s visit brought a diagnosis of serious illness; a report that comes back with cancer or some… Read More »
April 21, 2019
Grace to you in the name of our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. In our Epistle1 reading for today we heard these words, “The last enemy to be destroyed is death.2” In Genesis 2:17 we hear these words: “You must never eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil because… Read More »
