A Different, Better Life
Sep 29, 2019
You may be surprised to hear that during the past two weeks I’ve been watching, on TV, the Ken Burns documentary on Country Music.
God Never Calls Off the Search
Sep 15, 2019
It’s not what is lost that’s the focus of today’s Gospel lesson, it’s the one who is doing the searching that is the focus … that’s God, presented by Jesus as a shepherd looking for a...
On Who Do We Pull the Shade?
Sep 01, 2019
Jesus is at it again; he just keeps saying radical things! What, you might ask, is so radical about today’s reading, especially the first part? It seems rather boring; just some polite...
Looking to Jesus
Aug 18, 2019
I don’t run, but I do walk. Sometimes I walk long distances, as was the case on July 4 when I walked – with a friend – a little more than 12 miles. Most of it was on country roads, up...
Landing on Our Feet
Aug 11, 2019
Today we are going to step back into the Old Testament and be reacquainted with Abram and Sarai, later renamed Abraham and Sarah, who are the first patriarch and matriarch of the...
More Reason to Hope than Meets the Eye
Aug 04, 2019
It happened again, my initial response to today’s first reading from Ecclesiastes is predictable. Every time it’s one of the assigned readings, the same word is on my lips as I finish...
Jesus’ Prayer Tutorial
Jul 28, 2019
What if, out of the blue, I invited one of you to come forward and lead a prayer for the ministry of Faith Lutheran Church, and there was no time to write one or look one up in the...
