Author Archive: Pastor Bob
Pastor Bob
August 8, 2021
John 6. 35, 41-51It’s not our coming or our believing;it’s Jesus! Assumptions. That’s what Luther calls them. They’re the things we think are true. The things we’d swear are true. But then again, might not be. In Luther’s case, he…
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Pastor Bob
August 5, 2021
the 10th sunday after pentecost the PRAYER … O God, eternal goodness, immeasurable love, you place your gifts before us; we eat and are satisfied. Fill us and this world in all its need with the life that comes only…
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Pastor Bob
August 1, 2021
John 6. 24-35Everything is because god first loved us! Since March-a-year-ago, this is the fifth or sixth time we’ve been together. Side by side. Face to face. And the way it looks, at this moment, things will remain, for a…
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Pastor Bob
July 30, 2021
the 9th sunday after pentecost the PRAYER … Gracious God, you have placed within the hearts of all your children a longing for your word and a hunger for your truth. Grant that we may know your Son to be the…
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Pastor Bob
July 25, 2021
John 6:1-21Jesus isn’t held hostage in holy places,but fills the world! John 6. 1 – “Jesus went to the other side of the sea ….” John 6. 3 – “Jesus went up the mountain ….” John 6. 14 – “The…
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Pastor Bob
July 18, 2021
reflecting on the journeyChurch isn’t a business, but a gift. Two-and-a-half years ago, we signed papers finalizing the sale of what had been our home for sixty years. And with the scratch of a pen, we started over. The goals,…
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Pastor Bob
July 14, 2021
the 7th sunday after pentecost the PRAYER … O God, from you come all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works. Give to us, your servants, that peace which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be…
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Pastor Bob
July 11, 2021
Mark 6. 14-29Church – like Christ – is called to speak truthto those who don’t matter! Speaking truth to power! That’s a phrase everybody’s using, nowadays! Especially here in the church! Speaking truth to power! Standing up for what’s right!…
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Pastor Bob
July 7, 2021
the 6th sunday after pentecost the PRAYER … God of the covenant, in our baptism you call us to proclaim the coming of your kingdom. Give us the courage you gave the apostles, that we may faithfully witness to your…
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Pastor Bob
July 4, 2021
topical: the Wall of SeparationState is a nation of law; Church a kingdom of love. About a month ago, on Memorial Day weekend, I preached the first of what I imagined would be three sermons on the relationship – or…
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