August 29, 2021
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. In the Gospel readings Jesus is continuing a conversation with the Scribes and Pharisees. Now if there was anybody who looked spiritually clean it was the Scribes and Pharisees. They were all about the show;… Read More »
August 22, 2021
Grace, mercy, and peace to you in Jesus’ name. Amen. With the second onset of COVID looming we are again witnessing the actions of people struggling to cope. Struggling to cope with loss. Struggling to cope with fear. Struggling to cope with uncertainty. Struggling to cope with death. Though generally not on such a scale,… Read More »
August 15, 2021
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Eating is not just about eating. If it were dinner at home would be the same as a dinner at McDonalds®, and dinner at McDonalds® would be the same as dinner at the Old Mill restaurant.… Read More »
August 8, 2021
As we Gather Most food we make, purchase, and use has a shelf life. Some longer, some shorter, but at some point, we know goods expire. This is especially true with bread. When not used in a timely manner, bread dries out, hardens, and even molds. How different is the bread Jesus teaches of, the… Read More »
August 1, 2021
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The Ten Commandments, we have come to call them, are a bit of a phenomenon in the Bible. For starters if you read through Exodus 20, or Deuteronomy 5, and you try to count the “Commandments” you’d be hard… Read More »
July 25, 2021
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Risen Lord Jesus. Amen. It had been a long day. Jesus had just fed over 5,000 men, and their families, with five loaves of bread and two fish. Just before that He had taught, with authority, with those words no one else… Read More »
July 11, 2021
Grace, peace and mercy in Jesus’ name. Amen. There is an enemy that is out to get you. It’s that old evil foe, prowling around like a lion looking to devour you. That is an enemy we must know. We cannot pretend he doesn’t exist. We cannot pretend he will just go away. We should… Read More »
July 4, 2021
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Years ago in this country there was a revolution. A revolution for independence, which we will celebrate again this very day, the Fourth of July. Today, however, there is another revolution going on, also for… Read More »
June 26, 2021
Grace, peace, and God’s eternal mercy be with you always. Amen. Happy 17th of Tammuz! Today we celebrate an event of God’s judgment and condemnation. We celebrate a day of God’s wrath falling on people as they die by the thousands. Woo Hoo!! Let’s have a party! I hope that sounded strange to you. Yet,… Read More »
