Kris, Nick and Santa
This got me thinking of all the variations of the original Christmas story that we find in cultures and in the songs we sing. Take, for instance, The First Noel. The word “noel” long ago grew to refer specifically to the birth of Christ, so my…
December 22, 2024 Bulletin
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.…
What if … ?
It would always disturb my mother when I would say, “I don’t really have many – if any – memories of my childhood.” Though I grew up in a healthy, Christian environment and was, as far as I remember, a happy child, my memories of my pre-high school…
Hugging the Kaktus – week 51
"Zion," "Jerusalem," "His house," and "mountains" are all places where God conveyed His Word (truth and grace) to the people; which has been recorded for us in the Bible. See Isaiah 55 and John 11 for more on the way of the Lord.
December 15, 2024 Bulletin
A voice says, “Cry!” And I said, “What shall I cry?” All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the LORD blows on it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the…
Hugging the Kaktus – week 50
Today is a further transition from readings about the 2nd coming of Jesus to readings about the 1st coming of Jesus. “Malachi” is Hebrew, meaning, “My Messenger.” Today’s OT reading comes from God’s last word to the Israelites in 400 BC. Israel was not…
Turn the Page
Bob Seger fans will remember the lyrics. “On a long and lonesome highway east of Omaha you can listen to the engine moanin’ out his one note song … When you’re ridin’ sixteen hours and there’s nothing’ much to do and you don’t feel much like ridin’ you…
Hungry Howies’s Fundraiser Card
See one of the H.I.S. II ladies in the west entrance to purchase yours! Also available from Linda in the church office. The purchase of this card will help H.I.S. II with their funding for servant events in the upcoming year. Thank You for your support!
December 8, 2024 Bulletin
Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who…
Husbands …
I am far, far from the perfect husband, so those familiar words of St. Paul (who, I believe never was a husband) in many ways terrify me. “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her to make her holy, cleansing…