Mar 20, 2024 | News, Uncategorized
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...
Mar 11, 2024 | News, Uncategorized
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...
Mar 5, 2024 | News, Uncategorized
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...
Feb 27, 2024 | News, Uncategorized
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...
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...
Feb 12, 2024 | News, Uncategorized
February 14 Ash Wednesday and St. 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...
