It’s summertime and that means watermelon, corn on the cob, MLB (finally!), and a little time alone with that hard cover biography I’ve put off until vacation week at the beach. Summer is a time for growth. It is a time to watch what has been planted mature, all the while...
God provides water for those who are parched and weary of spirit. It’s a familiar theme in the Scriptures. There is a replenishing and quenching of thirst by our God who supplies what we do not have: sufficiency in place of our insufficiency…strength in place of...
Imagine you’re walking along a frequently travelled path you use for exercise or dog walking near your home. You’re crestfallen, and it shows on your face and in your posture. A kind stranger walks alongside you. “Excuse me,” the stranger says. “I...
I’ve become more aware of light over the last several weeks. Maybe you have, too. Yes, we’ve moved from standard to daylight savings time and now enjoy light outside during the early evening hours! But I’m talking about a different kind of light. I’m referring to a...
March is the month that the season of Lent really starts to get underway. (For an introduction to the season we call Lent, see this video produced by Concordia Publishing House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkqHQGdPwMo) Though any day in the life of a Christian is a time to reflect on...
When I was a young person, the church I attended at the time had a sign that proclaimed to every car leaving the parking lot, “You are now entering the mission field.” I like that sign. It’s always good to be reminded why we’re here. We’re not put on this earth to...
With a new month and new year on the calendar begins a new emphasis in our church life together: the season of receiving the revelation of God in the person of God’s Son, Jesus Christ during “Epiphany.” As we reaffirm our baptisms on the weekend of January 12, hear the weekly...
