People were always coming to our Lord Jesus with their problems. “What do I do about this? What must I do for this? Make my brother deal with an important issue with me! Lord, help me!” and on and on. No wonder there were times He just had a need to...
Isaiah 43:2 “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.” There are tragedies that happen...
He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you. (Luke 17:6) So often, our children and grandchildren teach us adults about faith, and it—so many times—is done so...
“Blest be the tie that binds. Our hearts in Christian love; The fellowship of kindred minds, is like to that above.” (John Fawcett, pub. 1782)* It was good to be with you, Sunday, my congregational family. Through Word and Sacrament we were joined together once more in a beautifully intricate...
We had a tree dug up a few months ago because it had grown so large it was now too close to the house. This week I went to pick up some straw, top soil, and grass seed in order to get a late planting in before winter. While I...
We live in a competitive world. In sports, it is best to be number one. In school, it is good to be the top of your class. In the work world, it’s great to work your way up the ladder to the corner office with a view. Some say that...
Being a Christian means having to be contrary to and with the world. It’s never easy. It’s often hard. We are struck down on every side of every issue because God’s desires run different to the world’s desires. Humility is not the way of the world, but it is the...
We hear much about greenhouse gases. We know a lot on the subject of global warming. Over and over again, we have been told that recycling is the wave of the future in properly using the resources of this earth. With the exception of some of the deepest caverns underneath...
