by Bethesda Lutheran Church | Nov 5, 2014 | Reflections
Bernice Ovida Jensen January 5, 1919- October 13, 2014 (Found in a Bible she received as a gift in 1945.) When it seems hardest to pray, that is the time to pray the hardest. The only people who never make a mistake are those who never do anything. The best way for a...
by Bethesda Lutheran Church | Oct 2, 2014 | God Sightings
“Can God spread a table in the desert?” When God struck the rock, water gushed out, And streams flowed abundantly. Psalm 78:19-20 In the lovely book, Out Here: Poems and Images from Steens Mountain Country, Ursula Le Guin writes that “out here, there is another way to...
by Bethesda Lutheran Church | Aug 2, 2014 | Reflections
No matter where they find themselves, Roger and Hillary Kaldahl know that they better be listening for God. In fact, it was during a worship service when the two of them first laid eyes on each other. Roger was visiting Bethesda with his brother; Hillary found herself...
by Bethesda Lutheran Church | May 29, 2014 | Reflections
God leads me where He needs me (and makes all the arrangements along the way). I had been going to school for ten years. I started in March 2004 at Lane Community College, and received my Master’s degree from Walden University in March 2014. However, I was finished...
by Bethesda Lutheran Church | Jan 8, 2014 | Christmas
This is too much work; I’m too old; I’m tired; it’s too close to Christmas. All the reasons why I told myself I shouldn’t be working on the Giving Tree. Then came Friday, the day of distribution/delivery. The first person who walked through the door looked at all the...
