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Grace and peace to you from God, our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in each of us.

I was reading a story recently that reminded me of the message Jesus was trying to share with his followers in our gospel story today. There was a group of young scouts on a camping trip and near their camp was a high mountain that you could hike up, but…

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Grace and peace to you from God, our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in each of us.

It is good to be back and I want to thank you all for insuring that periodically I am able to get away and for some R&R. It was a good two weeks. Jill and I learned much at the ELCA Grace Gathering and we hope to share much of it with you in the near future…

Freed from Fear

“Do not be afraid little flock…” Did you know that this phrase, or similar phases that command God’s followers not to be afraid appear in scripture over 300 times? There were many times in our history, as there are today, when God needed to say to God’s people, “Don’t be afraid, it will be OK.” Now fear doesn’t have to be a bad thing, in fact experts tell us that fear is…

Community Living

I know exactly what you all thinking right now. You are sitting there saying, “Oh no, here comes the money talk!” I know it is still July and we don’t normally have the money talk until later in the fall, so I get it, you might not be ready for the money talk, but this is the text assigned for today, and it is such a great stewardship text. But, stewardship is not only about money…

Prayer With Action

Grace and peace to you from God, our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in each of us.

When I first began planning my sermon plans a few months ago, I was actually excited about preaching on this text. I mean, I find prayer to be a powerful thing and I love to talk about prayer. But, to be honest, after what has happened in the past month, the…

Go and Do!

Grace and peace to you from God, our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in each of us.

I would bet I really didn’t need to read this Gospel story today, did I? After all, we all know the story. We know about the priest and the Levite who saw this beaten, wounded man by the road and passed by on the other side, even though he was a fellow Jew.…

Look Straight Ahead

Grace and peace to you from God, our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in each of us.

As we have been reading through this Gospel of Luke, we know Jesus had been busy teaching, healing, and sharing the story of God’s redeeming work in the world. His disciples have come to realize and proclaim him to be the Messiah. Three of his disciples…

This is Scary!

Grace and peace to you from God, our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in each of us.

For the past several weeks now, we have heard about the great healing works of Jesus. We have read stories about how he healed the centurion’s slave without even being in her presence. We read about how he raised the dead man in Nain so the man could continue…

Abundant Grace

Grace and peace to you from God, our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in each of us.

There is an old saying that that is often attributed to Joseph Kennedy, the father of John F. Kennedy, that goes, “Don’t get mad, get even!” Are you familiar with that saying? Now, no one really knows where that statement came from, but we are well…

A Surprising Faith

Grace and peace to you from God, our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in each of us.

I know, for many, the rains have made it difficult to completely enjoy the Memorial holiday weekend, but you know this weekend, tomorrow, specifically, marks the unofficial start of the summer. Yes, ever since the federal government passed a law back in the…

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