Matthew 25: 1-13 I know most of you don’t watch the news, but it’s been somewhat of a crazy week. I’m not here to preach the daily news, I’m not going to get too detailed into that. I assure you though, the fact that our readings are focussed around the end times are not because … Read more
All Saint’s Day 2020 The peace of our Lord Jesus be with all of you who are mourning the death of a loved one. Later we will commemorate the faithful departed from this congregation, and though that number may be small, I know of many other deaths on your minds. For you grieving, it’s one … Read more
Thank you to the members of Concordia who were able to donate to the Reformation treat bags for the children of Concordia. We’d also like to thank a Thrivent member for using an Action Team to sponsor the event. We were able to purchase Reformation books and a few others goodies to put in some … Read more
On the Service of Evening Prayer For our 2020 Advent Midweek services we will be using the service of Evening Prayer (LSB 243). This is different from the service of Vespers that we used last year. I think the music will be easier and more intuitive, even if it is new for you. I’ve put … Read more
Reformation 2020: Revelation 14, John 8 Out of all academic subjects, history is the most neglected. You know the quote “Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it”. History is easy to neglect. We treat it as simple facts and figures. Why try and memorize all of history if we have it … Read more
Dear Saints of Concordia, For this coming Advent I have chosen to have our Midweek services focus on Saints who we commemorate during November and December. I’ll list them below with their proper feast day. St. Andrew, Apostle (Nov. 30) St. Thomas, Apostle and Martyr (Dec. 21) St. Stephen, Martyr (Dec. 26), These saints are … Read more
Matthew 22: 15-22 These past few weeks we’ve heard Jesus school the Pharisees on their understanding of the scriptures. Today, we heard about them regrouping and forming a new plan. If they can’t compete with his knowledge, they’ll set him up for failure with an interview. We’re all well aware today how easy words can … Read more
Matthew 22: 1-14 There are many misconceptions about Eternal Life. Mainly, what will it be like? What will we see, what will we do. What will it mean to be in God’s presence forever? I suppose some of the confusion comes from ourselves, because we all have different ideas of what we think paradise ought … Read more
Matthew 21: 33-46 We heard Jesus tell the Parable of the Vineyard Tenants earlier against the Pharisees. Jesus condemning the Pharisees; well that’s nothing new. \But Jesus didn’t start this dispute with the Pharisees. Go back in the verses preceding our Gospel Lesson, and we find these Pharisees confronting Jesus as he was teaching. By … Read more
I love looking back at the pictures of my children. I currently have 12,229 pictures of my phone. At least half of them are my children doing ordinary things I find special. One recent picture is of my oldest, holding a piece of toast with apple butter and pointing to it. I feel like … Read more