the day of pentecost …
Acts 2. 1-21Today, we love … just like Jesus! I had trouble with the sermon, this week. I couldn’t figure out, exactly, how to start. Didn’t know where to go, once I did. You see, it’s Pentecost, once again. This…
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Acts 2. 1-21Today, we love … just like Jesus! I had trouble with the sermon, this week. I couldn’t figure out, exactly, how to start. Didn’t know where to go, once I did. You see, it’s Pentecost, once again. This…
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the seventh sunday of easter the PRAYER … O God, form the minds of your faithful people into your one will. Make us love what you command and desire what you promise, that, amid all the changes of this world,…
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the smallCatechism, prefaceChurch rises and falls with gospel proclaimed! It’s summer, 1528. It’s been a little over ten years since the reformation began. The early conflicts, over and done. The Ninety-five. The Diet at Worms. The Wartburg. By now, change…
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the sixth sunday of easter the PRAYER … Bountiful God, you gather your people into your realm, and you promise us food from your tree of life. Nourish us with your word, that empowered by your Spirit we may love…
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Acts 16. 9-15GoodWorks don’t create gospel; gospel creates goodWorks! We’ve been through a lot, over the last twenty years, you and I. Two days after I was installed as pastor here at Midland Lutheran, the towers collapsed in New York…
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the fifth sunday of easter the PRAYER … O Lord God, you teach us that without love, our actions gain nothing. Pour into our hearts your most excellent gift of love, that, made alive by your Spirit, we may know…
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reflecting on the journeyFor us, it’s been, is, and will always be Christ-and-Christ-crucified! All I can say is, “Who woulda thought!” A few weeks ago, goodFriday morning, I was taking a few minutes perusing my Facebook page. A diversion, distraction,…
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the fourth sunday of easter the PRAYER … O God of peace, you brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, the great shepherd of the sheep. By the blood of your eternal covenant, make us complete in everything…
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Acts 9. 36-43It’s not easter that inspires us to love; it’s goodFriday! It was about this time, thirty-three years ago, that my mom was diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s disease. She was fifty-eight. She hadn’t been herself, for a while. But…
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the 3rd sunday of easter the PRAYER … Eternal and all-merciful God, with all the angels and all the saints we laud your majesty and might. By the resurrection of your Son, show yourself to us and inspire us to…
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