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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.
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…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
I pray you have had a blessed week.
In our Gospel story this week, Luke 7:36-8:3, we read about how Jesus had been invited to eat with Simon, the Pharisee. Now we are not exactly sure why Simon wanted to eat with Jesus, but we can be pretty sure that he wanted “get the scoop” on who Jesus really was.
Jesus had been traveling around…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
I pray you have had a blessed week.
In our gospel story from last Sunday, Luke 7:1-10, we heard how Jesus healed the slave of a Roman centurion. Now, although, we always like to hear about how Jesus healed people, my guess is that many of the Jews that were present when Jesus healed this man might not have been too happy about it. I mean,…
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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 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…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
I pray you have had a blessed week.
This Monday begins the “unofficial” start of summer. Officially, summer doesn’t start until June 20 this year, but for many decades now in this country, we unofficially recognize the start of summer on Memorial Day, and for many it is a day off of work and a great day to go have a picnic.
But Memorial…
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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.
“You can’t handle the truth!” Remember that line from the movie, “A Few Good Men”? It is a classic line from a great movie, but it is also what Jesus said to his followers (and says to us today) before he left them to return to the Father. The…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
I pray you have had a blessed week.
This Sunday, May 22, is Trinity Sunday. It is the one day in the whole church year in which we actually celebrate a church doctrine. Although we use the term “trinity” as though it was a word explained in scripture, the word is never found in scripture. The church made up this doctrine and actually created…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
I pray you have had a blessed week.
This morning, shortly after I got up, a storm moved in. The wind was blowing so hard that the trees were bending over and limbs were falling off in our yard, and the sound was unbelievable. A few minutes later, it started pouring and hailing. Here in De Soto, we had hail the size of golf balls. I knew…
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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.
For the past six weeks, we have been celebrating Easter. Each time we have gathered, we have proclaimed the Risen Christ. Our scripture texts have focused not only on how Jesus engaged his followers immediately after his Resurrection, but for the past…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
I pray you have had a blessed week.
It is hard for me to believe that the season of Easter is about to come to an end. I love the season of Easter. It is a time when we sing hymns like “Christ the Lord is Risen Today” and we begin every worship time with the great Easter proclamation, “Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!”…