Faith Lutheran Weekly Message

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...

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...

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...

Have you had some fresh food from the garden lately? Connie and I planted a raspberry bush by the side of the house, and we are gathering some fruit now. The berries taste amazing. We also planted Cilantro, and again the taste of fresh Cilantro is levels above the...

Easter is a time of love, A time of death and pain undone, So we may know the power of The love that alive for everyone. Love unstained and free, Redeeming us- let it be so within you and me. Rudyard Kipling in The Jungle Book has Mowgli, the man cub, ask the animals...

Ash Wednesday Lent begins on the 22nd, with our 7 pm Ash Wednesday service. This is a day of reflection and repentance. During the Wednesdays in Lent, we will be studying the life of Paul, who was the epidemy of Repentance and Reflection. Here was a man who was Saul...

A Path to Joy One of the less desirable aspects of Southern California is the traffic. The I-10 around Beaumont has had its share of highway “improvements” of late. Lanes and exit ramps have been closed. It seems better now that improvements have moved to the east. I...

“Persistance in Prayer” We will take a journey in the weeks ahead through the Lord’s Prayer. At every major turn in the Life of Jesus, he is in prayer. The disciples see this and ask him to teach them how to pray. The normal prayer to God in those days was lengthy....

  This Sunday is Palm Sunday, which begins the events of holy week. Our reading for Sunday is passion account in Luke, chapters Luke 22 – 23. This is the ultimate expression of God’s Love for us. Through it we are reconciled, redeemed and reminded who we can be....

This Sunday we have the pleasure of having Bishop Rev. Dr. Andrew Taylor with us. He is a dear friend of the congregation, Pastor Larry Koger was a close friend. He has decided not to run again for Bishop, which is a six-year commitment. I thought it good to have him...