by Kristi Daniels … [Read more...]
King of Love
by Rick Pribbernow … [Read more...]
Grow One Step
by Brian Kirby Unti … [Read more...]
Willing to Share
by James Leistikow … [Read more...]
First Mad, Then Free
by Anthony Robinson It is a joy and a privilege for me to be part of this service and celebration of the 20th anniversary of Scott Kramer’s ordination. I believe I have known Pastor Kramer -- Scott -- for about half of those twenty years. During that time I have come to know him as a person and a pastor who is both gracious and courageous. He is unfailingly gracious in his treatment of others and his way of being in the world. And he is courageous in his passion for Christ and the … [Read more...]
Raised to New Life
Blessed from Outside
The Christmas season is now officially over. As of today, we begin a new season in the church year, the season of Epiphany. And yet, it’s interesting, isn’t it, that the story we just heard from Matthew’s gospel sounds like Christmas! It’s the story of the “Three Wise Men,” or, The Magi. These people had traveled a long distance. They looked different from the people of Israel. They dressed different. Their beliefs were different. I was browsing the Christmas card choices in local stores … [Read more...]
Generation to Generation
Once upon a time there was a little boy riding in his parents’ car. He and his younger sister and brother, with their parents, were returning home from a family vacation. Along the way, they pulled off the interstate highway at a rest area for a bathroom stop. Everyone piled out of the car and walked to the restrooms inside. But when the little boy came out of the building and headed for the car...there was no car. In fact, there were no people! His family had left the rest area without … [Read more...]
Mary’s Song
What better news could we hear than the Word of God that comes to us today! Mary was as young as thirteen, as old as fifteen, when she learned that she was to be the mother of Jesus. Her response was fear and confusion, so she ran as fast as she could to the only person who could possibly understand her situation: her cousin Elizabeth, who was also expecting a miraculous baby. And there, her fear and confusion give way to singing, which is our gospel reading for today. Mary wasn’t the … [Read more...]
What Then Shall We Do?
Imagine showing up at the baptismal font on the day of your baptism and hearing the pastor say, You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Shouldn’t John have been grateful for the crowds? Hard enough in our day to get anyone in the doors to worship God! If you had crowds lining up at your church to be baptized wouldn’t you be elated? What is John thinking? What’s going on here? Bear fruits worthy of repentance, John says. Because, John knows that the crowds are … [Read more...]
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