by Bethesda Lutheran Church | Feb 22, 2021 | Reflections
“It’s just my cross to bear.” Maybe you have uttered these words or maybe you have heard them spoken by a friend or family member. We all have moments in life where we feel like we are carrying a heavy burden. But that heavy burden isn’t necessarily “our cross.”...
by Pastor Tom | Feb 15, 2021 | Reflections
Have you ever given up “trying to be good” for Lent? It’s pretty easy. It actually comes quite naturally! Last Sunday we began a new adult education series with a great discussion of grace and law. A common misconception of Christianity is that of a...
by Bethesda Lutheran Church | Feb 9, 2021 | Reflections
When I was in college, a popular a cappella group came to sing in our gymnasium. With permission, I took my place to watch the concert not with my friends, but behind the person who was in charge of the sound for the concert. I watched intently as he made adjustments...
by Bethesda Lutheran Church | Sep 8, 2020 | Reflections
Thine the truly thine the yes thine the table we the guest thine the mercy all from thee thine the glory yet to be then the ringing and the singing then the end of all the war thine the living thine the loving evermore evermore.—ELW 826 I decided to start my article...
by Bethesda Lutheran Church | May 6, 2020 | Reflections
How can we hope? How can we sing? O God, set free our voice to name the sorrows, name the pain, that we might yet rejoice. —ELW 698 I recently used the above hymn as part of one of my Friday Reflections. I have been thankful for my friends who have been posting music...
by Bethesda Lutheran Church | Apr 1, 2020 | Reflections
Lift ev’ry voice and sing till earth and heaven ring, ring with the harmonies of liberty. Let our rejoicing rise high as the list’ning skies, let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us; sing a...
