Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
I pray you have had a blessed week!
This past Sunday, Salem held its annual meeting. Over 90 confirmed members came to the meeting to talk about Salem’s past and our future. We reviewed our ministries from the past year and we reviewed our financial status. We talked about what our future might look like, and the Past Presidents Advisory…
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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 which of us. Amen
You know in today’s world, when someone calls you, before you answer the phone you usually know who is on the other end, don’t you? I mean with cell phones, caller id, and any number of other ways we can receive messages, the technology is such that…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
I pray you have had a blessed week!
I know I usually write about our Gospel text each week, but this week I just can’t help but comment on our Old Testament text, Jonah 3:1-5, 10. The book of Jonah is a comedy. It was intended to be a funny story for its day that had a very serious and hope-filled message to offer.
God, went to Jonah…
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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 which of us. Amen
As most of you know, this year Salem will celebrate it’s 130th anniversary. For over a century and a quarter, this congregation has gathered in the name of Jesus to be the church here in Lenexa, Kansas. Now for us Lutherans, being the church…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
I pray you have had a blessed week!
Our Gospel story for this Sunday is John’s version of how Jesus called his first disciples (John 1:43-51). Actually, it is the second half of the story as the day before this Jesus had called Andrew and Andrew then went and called his brother Peter. Then we come to our story for Sunday in which we are…
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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 which of us. Amen
As I noted in my sermon last week, Mark is the only one of the four Gospel writers that does not tell us anything about Jesus’ origin, his birth, or his childhood. Mark, was the first person to actually write Jesus’ story and for Mark, the very first…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
I pray you have had a blessed week!
This coming Sunday, we will celebrate the baptism of Jesus (Mark 1:4-11). Now, according to Mark, as soon as Jesus was baptized, God said, "You are my Son” (Mark 1:11). To me, that is pretty clear. Jesus is truly the Son of God. But for me, the really interesting thing is not that God said, “You…
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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 which of us. Amen
For most people Christmas was over by the end of the day on December 25, but technically, the Season of Christmas doesn’t end until tomorrow, which is the 12th day of Christmas. Well, the Season of Christmas is almost over. Now if you are…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
I pray you had a blessed week and I wish you a Happy New Year!
As we bring the Season of Christmas to a close this Sunday, we are reminded in our Gospel text (John 1:1-18) that Jesus has always been present in creation. John tells us that “The Word became flesh and lived among us.” In Jesus, God became human and God chose to live among…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
I pray you had a blessed and Merry Christmas!
With all the presents opened, the fancy dinners cooked and eaten, and all the celebrations over, now is the time to remind ourselves of what this was all about.
Once again, we have been reminded that the greatest event in history has just happened! The promised one, the Messiah, was born.…