October 5, 2025 Bulletin
Almighty and everlasting God, deliver us from temptation and the powers of evil, that we may be faithful unto death and receive from Your hand the crown of everlasting life. Whether we live or die, we belong to You. Comfort us with this promise, that we…
SMACK Between the Eyes
The time was 8:15 a.m. and my cell screen said the call was from our granddaughters’ school. As I answered the call, the voice on the other end said, “Pastor, we just wanted to be sure that you are all right.” “Yes,” I said, “and I will be there for…
September 28, 2025 Bulletin
“Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel comes! Pass over to Calneh, and see, and from there go to Hamath the great; then go…
The Good Shepherd
Wow – did this week ever get away from me! First I never got around to sending out Monday’s Memory and then I forgot all about today’s epistle until Monica reminded me. While I can say that life had some surprises that made a busy week even busier,…
September 21, 2025 Bulletin
Hear this, you who trample on the needy and bring the poor of the land to an end, saying, “When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great…
Boutique Experience
I have spent the past two nights in a “Boutique Hoel” in Ann Arbor. I had to look up the word to see what I should expect. AI tells me “it is a French word for a small, fashionable shop selling high-end or specialized goods, often with an air of…
Oblivious Living
I am not sure if “oblivious” is exactly the right word, but it is close. On this, the 24th anniversary of 9/11, I am thinking about the many first responders – many of whom lost their lives – who on that day were simply doing what they were trained and…
September 14, 2025 Bulletin
“As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and male goats. Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture; and to drink of…
September 7, 2025 Bulletin
I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers, because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints, and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every…
Haters!
This coming Sunday’s Gospel Reading (for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost) has some very difficult lines in it. The one that currently has my attention is found in the first two verses of the reading. “Now great crowds accompanied (Jesus), and he turned…