Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas! What a beautiful season …(Pastor! It’s not Christmas, it’s Easter!) Oh, right. Rats. It’s not Christmas? Well, let’s take a vote; who likes Christmas better than Easter? It’s the presents, right? Who cares about a chocolate bunny, we want the Read More …
Well, at least they saved the crown of thorns. By now everybody in the world knows that the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris burned on Monday. The footage of billowing smoke rising between the twin towers of the façade reminded me of 9/11. So Read More …
I’m guessing nobody knows the name Carla Faye Tucker … she died on February 3, 1998, executed by lethal injection by the State of Texas. She was on death row for 14 years. Carla Faye’s case was much in the news as her execution approached. Read More …
SERMON Lent 5c 2019 Mary of Bethany Anoints the Feet of Jesus I might call this sermon: Senseless suffering meets senseless love. Sitting on the edge of her hospital bed, struggling with one of those beautiful gowns they make us all wear, hooked up to Read More …
A Devotional Testimony By Muriel Davis “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his Righteousness; and all these things will be added unto you”. Matthew 6:33 As a Christian I pride myself as being religious, spiritual, dedicated and faithful. For the past two years Read More …
“For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power and the glory forever. Amen!” Matthew 6:13 I am often moved by these words of praise that conclude the Lord’s Prayer. This is not to say that the petitions in the Prayer are less moving or less Read More …
AND DELIVER US FROM EVIL (Mt. 6:13b) by Emmanuel N. ILAGAN Another translation of the verse is “Deliver us from the Evil One”, namely the devil. The apostle Peter attests to the reality of the devil as he advises the believers who were exiled in Read More …
Brother, Sister, Let me Serve You – Witness of Diakonia in my Congregation – by Xuming Sun As my course of ELCA Diakonia reaches its midpoint, I recall how my congregation is faithful in serving God and people at Trinity Lutheran Church at Middle Village, Read More …
SERMON Epiphany 7C 2019 Love Your Enemies If we want to be Christians, there is really only one thing we need to know, one thing we need to be, one thing we need to live into: Jesus tells us everything we need to know in Read More …
SERMON Epiphany 4c 2019 I Corinthians 13 First Corinthians 13 is probably the most popular chapter in all of scripture; it even has a nickname: “The Love Chapter” and I am sure I have heard it read out at just about every wedding I have Read More …