Little Things
It seems as though lately I have frequently been more sensitive to little things – perhaps I should really be calling them “little blessings” – in lots of different ways. Sometimes it is in the narratives I am reading in the Scriptures. Other times it…
April 28, 2024 Bulletin
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is…
April 21, 2024 Bulletin
God of power, you called from death our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep. Send us shepherds to rescue the lost, to heal the injured, and to feed one another with knowledge and understanding; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives…
Looking Back
While I have no recollection of ever being worried about things, finances were quite tight for us during the early years of marriage and church work. Looking back, it is fun piecing together the little stories of God’s provision and grace. We live in…
April 14, 2024 Bulletin
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet…
April 7, 2024 Bulletin
Most merciful God, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart; we have not loved our…
Baked Potatoes
Potatoes, as they come out of the field, are not much to look at. They are an ugly brown, covered with dirt, and unshapely. The “good ones” are rock hard. Many have odd looking things projecting out from the main part of the body. I wonder who ever…
March 31, 2024 Bulletin
When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. And they were saying to one…
And the Lion!
As the snow covered our lawn and driveway this past Friday, my mind was on Opening Day for the Detroit Tigers – which happens to be today in Chicago. Fortunately we have another week for the landscape to warm-up before the Home Opener on April 5. And,…
Lutheran Fraternities of America
You have heard of and seen Knights of Columbus, Eagles, Kiwanis and Moose Clubs, but did you know that there is a Lutheran based Fraternal Organization? More than likely your parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles were a part of a Lutheran Fraternities…