April 19, 2026 Bulletin
O God, through the humiliation of Your Son You raised up the fallen world. Grant to Your faithful people, rescued from the peril of everlasting death, perpetual gladness and eternal joys; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and…
Going Somewhere … Together
I had a strange dream Tuesday night. Strange in content. Strange in that it had no apparent context with anything in my life. Strange that I remembered it.
April 12, 2026 Bulletin
Almighty God, grant that we who have celebrated the Lord’s resurrection may by Your grace confess in our life and conversation that Jesus is Lord and God; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one…
April 5, 2026 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.
March 29, 2026 Bulletin
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” And some of the…
… through Disruption
I’m on vacation (if that’s possible while retired), so I have extra time to read and less motivation to write. The result is that you receive reflections from what I have been reading. Today you get a few paragraphs from the concluding chapter of…
March 22, 2026 Bulletin
O Lord, God almighty, through Your Son You have kept the promise of the ages and rescued us from sin. You have raised up the dry bones of a people captive to death and made us alive in Christ forever. Sustain us in this hope, that we may endure the…
Fear, Shock, Terror
Sorry about last week, folks …. Just didn’t have any “writing” in me. And don’t be surprised if it happens again in the upcoming future. We will be on vacation from the 13th to the 31st … and one never knows how the spirit will move … Or, as Jesus…
March 15, 2026 Bulletin
All these things, O heavenly Father, we pray in the name of Jesus Christ, asking You to grant our prayers not for our sake but for His sake alone. Teach our hearts to be content with Your will and to trust that You will answer with what is best for us…
March 8, 2026 Bulletin
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners,…