Luther knew how to teach with a sense of humor, even using sarcasm to help show us our wrongdoing. In teaching the 2nd Commandment, he lamented how little God’s name is faithfully invoked when we are in need. Rather, we are more likely to invoke God’s name to validate our lies and false testimony! What … Read more
Till the Night Be Past: The Life and Times of Dietrich Bonhoeffer is a biography about Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He was a Lutheran pastor who was involved in assassination attempts on Hitler. This book is printed by Concordia Publishing House and is a quick read. The author did much research and presents the information in a … Read more
Psalm 118: 19-29 Palm Sunday is one of our most iconic Sundays of the year: the visual of the procession, our Lord on a donkey, children singing, palms being waved and strewn on the path. Perhaps it’s the only time Jesus received praise worthy of a king! We heard earlier from John’s Gospel that the … Read more
Last night, the catechesis students went through the parts of the catechism. They tried to remember what the different parts were and described what each part meant in their own words. This is a great practice for any Christian!
The Israelites were promised a land flowing with milk and honey. The land would be good and fertile. A more than suitable place for their home. One day, Joshua was blessed to lead the children of Israel into this Promised Land.Jesus, leads us to the Promised Land as well. This isn’t a physical location here … Read more
Mark 10:32-45 Whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many If we cannot make sense of these … Read more
Recently, the catechesis students looked over the rite of Confirmation. Take a look at the words used at Confirmation (page 272 in the hymnal) and in Baptism (page 268 in the hymnal). Do any of them look similar?
“Man ate from a living tree and death came. Man eats from the fruit of a dead tree, the cross, and life comes.” -Pastor Will Weedon Romans 6:23 states, “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Sin and death ultimately entered … Read more
It’s hard to think about what I was doing a year ago, March 11, 2020. That was the day WHO officially declared Covid 19 a pandemic. I was determining the menu for our child’s 1st birthday party. I was debating what to do for cake. I failed three times at making cupcakes and was leaning … Read more
Any Concordia folks who would like to take on a needy mission project in the area this spring and summer, the Men’s Group is hosting Mr. Rik Hagarty as a speaker on Saturday April 17 at 1 PM in the fellowship hall. He is founder and VP of Operations for Servants at Work (SAWS), a … Read more