"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 best path to his...

(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...

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...

"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. The sight is not much...

Just when you (or maybe just me) may have felt like you were settling into the pace and style of Mark’s Gospel, we will be jumping back into John’s Gospel for the next five weeks. The next four weeks focus on Jesus as the “Bread of Life.” I’ve been trying to come up...

"[Jesus] said to them, 'Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.' For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat." ~ Mark 6:31 You've likely noticed how the same scripture, heard in a different context or at a different...

Did you know the Apostle Paul once compared Christian freedom to living without a mask veiling our face? Of course, he wasn’t discussing safe precautions during a pandemic. Paul was talking about the radical transition from Moses and the Law to Jesus and the Gospel....

That is, we anticipate receiving the Lord's Supper at the altar rail this coming Sunday. Independence Day in more than one way! Speaking of independence, in Sunday's Gospel Jesus seems quite free to be Lord and Messiah anywhere but home! His hometown knew his humble...

Dear Bethesda, Our foster daughter has been receiving treatment from an Osteopath. The treatments are so interesting to me because they focus on touch in specific areas of the head and neck to achieve the desired result. At first glance, it can seem like nothing is...

In this Sunday's Gospel, Jesus wakes up to calm the storm with a stern word (Mark 4:35-41). We also will hear God speak to Job from out of the whirlwind (Job 38:1-11). As we consider our own storm-tossed realities we can wonder about God's activity. Sometimes God...