October 17, 2023 – Politics
I mentioned that my brother and his wife accompanied us on our cruise. He loves to watch news about politics, and it does not take much to get him going. Scratch his political itch and off he goes. Thankfully, he has his views, but unlike many people he is open to discussion without getting red […]
October 14, 2023 – Reformation Sunday
This Sunday is Reformation Sunday. Wear red! This is the Sunday each year that we remember the contribution of Martin Luther to Christianity. Such celebrations are ways of keeping us moored in a world in constant change. First we want to remember that Luther was a Reformer of the Church, not the inventor of a […]
October 10, 2023 – Good To Be Back!
Good to be back with you. Connie and I had a great time traveling with my brother and his wife on a cruise of Edinburgh, Inverness and Kirkwall Scotland, Belfast Ireland, Amsterdam, Bruges, Belgium, and Le Havre, France before returning to London. We did miss Dublin due to windy weather, but for the most part […]
September 19, 2023 Message
For the next couple of weeks, Connie and I will be traveling with my brother and his wife on a cruise of Ireland and Scotland leaving and returning to London. We fly out on Thursday, so this will be the last message for a couple of weeks. Also, I will not be able to receive […]
September 12, 2023 – A FORGIVING HEART
Connie and I will be traveling with my brother and his wife on a cruise out of London starting next Thursday. The last time we traveled to Europe was to build a house for Habitat for Humanity in Portugal. On that overseas flight I had a hard time sleeping and watched all three Godfather movies […]
September 7, 2023 – Dealing with Conflicts
Ezekiel 33:7-11 Psalm 119:33-40 Romans 13:8-14 Matthew 18:15-20 Is not being a part of the Church a Joyful experience? This past week, our daughter and her husband and my son and his wife joined Connie and I down at Carlsbad where we enjoyed time together. We went biking along the beach, boogie boarding, my daughter […]
August 28, 2023 – The Wrong Answer
Jeremiah 15:15-21 Psalm 26: 1-8 Romans 12:9-21 Matthew 16:21-28 What happens when you get the answer wrong? Peter had done so well in the first part of Matthew 16. He boldly proclaimed that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of the Living God. Jesus commends him saying: My Father in heaven revealed this to you. […]
August 22, 2023 – The Answer Key
Isaiah 51:1-68 Psalm 138 Romans 12:1-8Matthew 16:13-20 How does it feel to get the answers to questions wrong? I needed to get a new driver’s license by my birthday on December 1. I decided to go in early. Sadly, the Banning office is now closed. So, I traveled to Hemet where the first difficulty was […]
August 15, 2023 – A Claim on your Heart
Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 Psalm 67 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 Matthew 15:10-28 I was recently asked: What is your favorite scripture? I answer that I love the story about the Canaanite woman, which is our Gospel text for this Sunday. She comes to Jesus to beg for healing for her daughter. Jesus does not answer her, yet she will not […]
August 8, 2023 – Mastering the Waves
Scripture passages: 1 Kings 19: 9-18, Romans 10: 5 – 15, and Matthew 14: 22-33 I remember visiting the church where my mother grew up in Langford, South Dakota. The painting in the front of the church was that of Jesus rescuing St. Peter from the waves. There were not a lot of waves in the northeastern […]
