Faith Alone: The Heart of Everything
“Anders, it is not your sins that separate you from God, but your virtues. Or more properly: it is that you need to have something to bring before you step before God. This is why God has allowed you to be stripped of the shroud of holiness that you wore in Fröjerum....
A Time Of Transition
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...
Good News for Anxious Christians
“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you. Discipline yourselves, keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary, the devil prowls around, looking for someone...
To the Exiles
“Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,To the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 who have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood:...
What Are You Doing To Sustain Yourself During This Time?
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...
The Given Life
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” ~John 10:11 “Feed my lambs…tend my sheep…feed my sheep.” ~Jesus to Peter, John 21 In one of his Port William short stories, Wendell Berry describes the love that comes from true knowledge as...
Triduum
Triduum (TRID-oo-um) a Latin term meaning “three days.” So much of what we know and understand about Easter is shaped by the events of Holy Week. Did you know that we begin worship on Maundy Thursday and that worship continues until the announcement of Jesus’...
We Will Make Music Together Again
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 song full of...
Teeniors
I was listening to NPR a couple weeks ago and heard a story about a little business in New Mexico. It was called Teeniors... a start up that pairs tech savvy teens with seniors having a problem understanding the new-fangled technology in the world. Although its stated...
In The End, The Beginning
“It is finished.” ~John 19:30 “He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things,...
Leaving Tradition Living Tradition
I recently attended a meeting with our Synod Staff and lay and rostered leaders from around the state. We were discussing the upcoming Synod Assembly and brainstorming together about themes and speakers for this event. Our new Bishop’s Associate Juan Carlos, who is...
The Good Place
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and...
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