March 25, 2024 – Holy Week
As I write this, Holy Week has just begun. We will worship on Friday at 7 pm focused on the last Seven Words of Jesus and then celebrate the Resurrection on Sunday with Irm going all out with flowers, musicians, and choir and the fellowship team celebrating with a waffle bar. We celebrate the victory of […]
March 20, 2024 – Palm/Passion Sunday
What does suffering have to do with it? This Sunday we meet outside the sanctuary to remember the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. His riding on a donkey seems humble but the quote from Zechariah 9:9 is of a triumphant and victorious king who cuts off chariots, warhorses, and battle bows. The Hebrew word for Hosanna […]
March 12, 2024 Sharing Good News
Do you have Good News to share? Connie and I do. Our daughter shared her joy about being with child. She and her husband, Ying, learned that it is a girl, due in September. Exciting Times for us. She wanted us to wait a bit to clear the first tests before sharing the Wonderful News. […]
MARCH 6, 2024 – Quiet Conversations
I remember being at the ordination of a Missouri Synod pastor at Trinity Lutheran in Shawnee, Kansas. I was happy to be a part of the occasion. During the last part of the service pastors blessed the new pastor with a Bible verse. I thought, how nice. I was unaware that all the pastors there […]
February 26th 2024 – Opening an Area
Opening an area Above is a photo of a large-scale model of the temple at the time of Jesus. Herod the Great Builder had added onto the second temple which was started after the people returned from exile in Babylon. The renovation was ongoing until it was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD. As […]
February 20, 2024 – Souper Studies begin Wednesdays @ 5 pm
Feb 20, 2024 | News, Uncategorized Souper Studies begin Wednesdays @ 5 pm We will be studying the life of St. Peter using the book Simeon Peter – Flawed but Faithful Disciple by Adam Hamilton as our basis along with a video produced by him. In this week’s Gospel (Mark 8:31-38) Peter and Jesus in a heated discussion. The […]
February 14, 2024 – Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day
Bishop David Nagler wrote this a few weeks ago. I wanted to pass it along: February 14, 2024, will hold two “holidays” that seem to be moving in opposite directions. Valentine’s Day is a Hallmark creation dedicated to expressions of love. Ash Wednesday is a time of remembering our finitude; that each of us and […]
February 6, 2024 – Transfiguration
This Sunday is the last Sunday of Epiphany, called Transfiguration Sunday. Mark recounts Jesus taking Peter, James, and John up to a high mountain. Jesus’ clothes become a radiant white. Moses and Elijah join him. This is a wondrous moment for all three of these faithful men of God: For Moses, this is an opportunity […]
January 31, 2024 – Called to Serve
This week Connie and I worked on a new storage shed for our house. We had decorations and other items stored in our attic garage. I was not so interested in climbing a ladder anymore to retrieve them. The shed came in parts on a pallet. The area outside we were going to put it […]
January 24, 2024 – Light
Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most recognized paintings in Western Art. Interestingly, it hangs not in Amsterdam, but in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. It was painted in 1889 by Vincent Van Gogh and depicts the view from his east-facing window just before dawn. Vincent had […]
