by Bethesda Lutheran Church | Aug 23, 2021 | Reflections
“Did you wash your hands? With Soap?—mom” Our kids should be old enough by now but we have this sign hanging in our downstairs bathroom. After five Sundays in John’s Gospel focused on Jesus as the “bread of life.” We return to Mark’s Gospel and we step into...
by Bethesda Lutheran Church | Aug 16, 2021 | Reflections
Alleluia. Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Alleluia If you sang the above words to the tune from the LBW, Setting 2, you might be a church nerd like I am. Sometimes, I am surprised when a memory triggers and I am taken back to Pioneer...
by Pastor Tom | Aug 9, 2021 | Reflections
“Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.” ~John 6:54-55 You are what you eat. I’ve been trying to convince my pickiest eater that his...
by Bethesda Lutheran Church | Aug 9, 2021 | Reflections
(From the Gr. leitourgia “work of the people”) The service of God offered by the people of God in divine worship.—From the Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms On a typical Sunday morning, my focus is pulled in many directions. If I’m preaching, I prepare for...
by Pastor Tom | Aug 4, 2021 | Reflections
Caring for a newborn is not usually complicated; it’s just constant. There are only a handful of possible problems when Abel fusses. Once we’ve exhausted the list of possible solutions, one last trick often works for him: lay him down and leave him alone, preferably...
by Pastor Tom | Jul 26, 2021 | Reflections
“He rained down on them manna to eat, and gave them the grain of heaven.” ~Psalm 78:24 “What is it?” my children occasionally ask as dinner is set before them. Last night, Andrea had made goulash. The name alone can spark disgust in a child....
