Beloved in the Lord, Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Today is Holy Saturday. Last Sunday we witnessed Christ enter Jerusalem on the back of donkey to the cheering crowd. How quickly things changed. The betrayal, the abandonment, the perversions of justice. The crowds that once … Continue reading Weekly Pastoral Letter: April 19th, 2025
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Weekly Pastoral Letter: April 12th, 2025
Beloved in the Lord, Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Tomorrow is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week – the week of the Passion. As I sit down to write this and reflect on this time, I’m easily reminded that there is something that is … Continue reading Weekly Pastoral Letter: April 12th, 2025
Weekly Pastoral Letter: April 5th, 2025
Beloved in the Lord, Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We are in the shadow of Holy Week as we approach the final stretch of the Lenten season. This week we will have our last Midweek Lenten Soup, Salad and Service before we mark Christ’s triumphant … Continue reading Weekly Pastoral Letter: April 5th, 2025
Weekly Pastoral Letter: March 29th, 2025
Beloved in the Lord, Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This week I finally felt it, the return of Spring. The air was a little warmer, the days were a little brighter and everything seemed new with signs of life. Soon the budding trees and fresh … Continue reading Weekly Pastoral Letter: March 29th, 2025
Weekly Pastoral Letter: March 22nd, 2025
Beloved in the Lord, Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It will be good to be back with you tomorrow after being gone last Sunday. As you know, we had to cancel our Midweek Service this week because of weather, so I am looking forward to … Continue reading Weekly Pastoral Letter: March 22nd, 2025
Weekly Pastoral Letter: March 15th, 2025
Beloved in the Lord, Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I grew up in a house with two brothers. If you ever lived in a house full of boys, you know one thing is a certainty – things are going to break… a lot of things … Continue reading Weekly Pastoral Letter: March 15th, 2025
Commemoration of Martin Luther, Doctor and Confessor
Today, we remember Martin Luther, pastor, professor, reformer - a man God used to bring His Church back to the heart of the Gospel: that we are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. The thing about Luther is, he didn’t set out to start a movement. He wasn’t looking to divide … Continue reading Commemoration of Martin Luther, Doctor and Confessor
Advent: The Season of Anticipation, Hope, and Christ’s Presence
Yesterday in church, as we gathered to receive God’s good gifts and hear His Word preached, we marked the beginning of the new liturgical year: Advent. The green paraments, occasionally changed during this longest season of the church calendar, gave way to the blue (our church marks this change with blue rather than the more … Continue reading Advent: The Season of Anticipation, Hope, and Christ’s Presence
Some Thoughts on the Didache
In the earliest days of the Church, long before there were these beautiful sprawling cathedrals and thick theology books, before ecumenical councils and polished creeds there was this small, practical guide to Christian life known as the Didache. The word "Didache" simply means "teaching." It actually has a longer name taken directly from the first … Continue reading Some Thoughts on the Didache
Music Monday: Thy Strong Word
Beloved in the Lord, is there a hymn that makes you stand up a little straighter? Is there a hymn that, when you hear it begin to play, makes your eyes narrow and a sense of determination swell in you? One of those hymns for me is Thy Strong Word. When the organ starts to … Continue reading Music Monday: Thy Strong Word