by Administrator | Apr 6, 2022 | Reflections
Growing up, one of the stressful parts of Sunday morning worship for me was the passing of the peace. That may surprise you, considering my extroverted tendencies. As a small child, I remember holding on to Mom’s hand while burying my face in her sleeve for...
by Administrator | Feb 14, 2022 | Reflections
“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you.”— Luke 6:37-38a Well, if that isn’t a lot to start a Monday with! And yet, I feel like this fits with what I...
by Administrator | Feb 8, 2022 | Reflections
On Christ, the solid rock, I stand; all other ground is sinking sand, all other ground is sinking sand. – From My Hope is Built on Nothing Less ELW 596 I want to start this years report with my final paragraph from last years report: I am looking forward to the...
by Pastor Tom | Jan 31, 2022 | Reflections
“I think that the Church is the only thing that is going to make the terrible world we are coming to endurable; the only thing that makes the Church endurable is that it is somehow the body of Christ and that on this we are fed. It seems to be a fact that you have to...
by Bethesda Lutheran Church | Jan 18, 2022 | Reflections
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. —1 Corinthians 12:12 I wonder how Paul might adjust this imagery in today’s world. Many of the members of Bethesda have replaced knees...
by Bethesda Lutheran Church | Jan 3, 2022 | Reflections
Since the start of my ministry, I have collected pictures with the people I have baptized. I was inspired by a doctor who had a wall full of pictures of children he had delivered over the years. I made the mistake of not writing the names of the children on the back...
