Faith Lutheran Weekly Message
November 28 – Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Too soon? We normally ring in the New Year with Dick Clark or Ryan Seacrest on December 31st. But the church year starts the Fourth Sunday before Christmas which is rather late this year, December 3rd. Connie and I have been a part of a major New...
November 21 – A Different Sort of King and the Seasons of Life
A Different Sort of King and the Seasons of Life I want to put up two images of the Seasons of Life to contrast them. The first is of a tree that greens up in the spring, flourishes in the summer, is colorful in the fall, and is barren in the winter. The other image...
November 8, 2023 – Confirmation Sunday
Confirmation Sunday November 12 is the second Confirmation here at Faith since I have been with you. Russell Koger and Elisha Mkanza will be affirming their faith. During our years in class we had good times. I look forward to their next phase in the life of our...
October 14, 2023 – Reformation Sunday
October 24, 2023 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...
October 17, 2023 – Politics
Isaiah 45:1-7 Psalm 96:1-9 I Thessalonians 1:1-10 Matthew 22:15-22 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....
October 10, 2023 – Good To Be Back!
October 10, 2023 Isaiah 25:1-9 Matthew 22:1-14 Psalm 23 Philippians 4:1-9 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,...
September 19, 2023 Message
September 19, 2023 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...
September 12, 2023 – A FORGIVING HEART
Genesis 50:15-21 Psalm 103:1 - 13 Romans 14:1-12 Matthew 18:21-35 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...
September 7, 2023 – Dealing with Conflicts
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...
August 28 – 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:...