By Heather Schulz

01/22/26

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Is Faith Enough?

We can bring our troubles, griefs, sorrows, and sins to Jesus, who meets us smack dab in the middle of our messy mob.

Donavon Riley

01/21/26

Why Christian Tradition? Why Confession

Confession isn’t a detour in the liturgy. It’s the doorway.

When Religion Becomes Obsolete, Christ Does Not

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Mark Mattes

01/20/26

When Religion Becomes Obsolete, Christ Does Not

American religion did not become optional because the gospel failed. It became optional because religion slowly redefined itself around usefulness.

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Joel Hess

03/23/17

Anything Else You Worship Will Eat You Alive

Whether one believes Jesus to be God or not, His words and actions proclaim that He did not come to be served but to serve.

Joel Hess

03/09/17

Lost at Home

Though they have never left the church, they have been lost all the while.

Joel Hess

02/23/17

What Does It Mean When Jesus Says, "I Am The Way"?

He does not offer a linear route or a series of actions. He offers Himself. In very simple straightforward words, He declares, “I am the way.”

Joel Hess

02/09/17

The Fruit of a Culture That Worships Individualism: Loneliness

We have now reached a point where many believe so strongly in individualism that nothing else matters.

Joel Hess

01/19/17

Through His Church, Christ's Story is Your Story

The story did not end with Jesus' death and resurrection, or even with the Acts of the Apostles.

Joel Hess

01/05/17

The Church is not a Hospital for Sinners, It's a Morgue for the Dead

It is the strangest of morgues—people arrive dead as doornails and leave alive.

Joel Hess

12/22/16

Where Is Jesus?

In his Gospel account, Luke challenges us to play "Where is Jesus?"

Joel Hess

12/09/16

Spending Advent in God’s Winter Garden

So it is with my little garden as well; dead, so it would seem. Nothing. Barren.

Joel Hess

11/25/16

How Can We Trust The Information Filterers?

Still, sadly, many polls suggest that above 50% of Americans get their news from social media sites as opposed to actual news sites.

Joel Hess

10/30/16

The Reformation Will Not Be Televised

The same can be said of the Reformation. I have often heard both Roman Catholic and Lutheran brothers and sisters bemoan the celebration of the Reformation.

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