Author Archive: Pastor Bob
Pastor Bob
November 14, 2021
Mark 13. 1-8Faith is rooted not in dreams, but in memories! It’s funny where inspiration, at times, comes from. I’d like to think it’s from doing holy things, sacred things. Bible reading. Prayerful consideration, as they say. But often, it’s…
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Pastor Bob
November 7, 2021
John 11. 32-44Life isn’t heartbeats and breaths. It’s Jesus! I have to admit, first time I read the passage, this go-round, I was a little disappointed. A little let down. Here we are. On All Saints Sunday – one of…
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Pastor Bob
October 31, 2021
smallCatechism, the Creed, Article 1Grace isn’t what god gives; grace is who god is! Well, it’s that time, again. For the world, today is Halloween. The reïncarnation of King Arthur’s Day-of-the-Dead. Costumes. Parties. Tricks and Treats. But for us, here…
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Pastor Bob
October 24, 2021
Mark 10. 46-52Jesus is Savior and King … of people without names! Today’s the forty-eighth Sunday of the church year. New Year’s Day, for us, was the Sunday after Thanksgiving, last year. So, only four left until we start it,…
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Pastor Bob
October 17, 2021
Reflecting on the JourneyIt’s only in the wilderness that god’s people “advances!” Week eighty-four in the wilderness! Week eighty-four! That’s one year, six months, twenty-nine days! And like I’ve said before, it all began as a joke. Not so much…
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Pastor Bob
October 10, 2021
Mark 10. 17-31There’s nothing we can do to be saved; god’s done it all! Almost forty years of preaching and I can’t remember a time when I started a sermon with a content warning, a disclaimer. But, this morning, I…
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Pastor Bob
October 3, 2021
Mark 10. 2-16The gospel doesn’t need sugar-coated; it’s sweet enough! It was a post of Facebook. Friday, a week ago. Intended as a conversation starter. “The church,” the photo said, “cannot be the salt of the earth if we keep…
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Pastor Bob
September 26, 2021
Mark 9. 38-50Communion with god is open forever! It was Friday night, a week ago. I was looking at my Facebook page and I came across a question – a theological one – a friend had posted. Not just for…
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Pastor Bob
September 19, 2021
reflecting on the journeyGod has given us everything we need … each other! Welcome to week eighty in the wilderness … Welcome to week eighty … It’s hard to believe we’ve been doing this, that long. It’s been seventy-nine weeks…
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Pastor Bob
September 15, 2021
the 16th sunday after pentecost the PRAYER … O God, through suffering and rejection you bring forth our salvation, and by the glory of the cross you transform our lives. Grant that for the sake of the gospel we may…
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