Faith Lutheran Weekly Message

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This Sunday Connie and I will be back at Faith after an extended vacation to Australia and New Zealand. We appreciated the opportunity to visit in-laws in the land down under. This Sunday will be our congregation’s second Semi-annual meeting after our worship service,...

Connie and I arrived in Brisbane, Australia safely and are enjoying the Gold Coast with our daughter Brie, her husband Ying, and his parents. We have been pretty pampered by Brie, Ying, and the in-laws who were delighted to share their country with us, including not...

Songs and Gifts This Sunday we have two services. One at 10 am which will focus on the Biblical songs of Christmas and 7 pm focus on the Gifts of Christmas. Both have communion. At 7 pm we light candles as we sing “Silent Night”. We could have used the candles last...

Dec. 12, 2023 LIGHT OF FAITH We are still in the year of the Gospel of Mark, but as I mentioned on Sunday it does not have a Christmas story. It starts with John the Baptist. Likewise the Gospel of John does not have a Christmas Story either. John 1 is the reading for...