The “further up and further in” we go, the table keeps getting bigger, the guest list keeps getting longer, and the grace keeps on flowing.
10/27/26
Christianity does not locate freedom in radical autonomy. It does not tell either men or women that happiness consists in escaping obligations arising from relationships we did not entirely choose.
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10/26/26
Jesus never promised me a World Series championship. He never promised that my children would always succeed or that life would go according to plan. He promised something better.
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01/17/20
Indeed, the law said, “You shall love the Lord your God,” but the law cannot give me such love, nor can it take my hand to grasp on to Christ.
01/15/20
We all long to be in a community of believers that gives us life and makes us feel loved and where we experience real, fruitful community. This comes as we announce the gospel to one another.
01/15/20
Throughout the Old Testament, the seas and fish were symbols of the Gentiles. When Jesus ate fish, and called fishermen, he showed us that the mission to the Gentiles was about to begin in earnest.
01/13/20
This is what makes the reading from John so frightening and yet so exciting. Notice how Jesus appears. Not in miracles, not in marvels, but in relationships.
01/06/20
Jesus did not need to be baptized. But he did it. Why?
01/03/20
It is the words the pastor speaks that send the dead out alive.
01/02/20
The following is an excerpt from “Faithless to Fearless” written by David Andersen (1517 Publishing, 2019).
12/31/19
Christians are given a new name at baptism. We are given the Triune name of Father, Son, and Spirit.
12/30/19
God reveals Himself to us in Word and Sacrament but sometimes these revelations happen in unexpected ways.
12/26/19
We think that if we are good enough, brave enough, or at least if we try hard enough, we will be someone who can be both fully known and fully loved.
12/25/19
As Christians, we are not cold ascetics, depriving ourselves in the here and hereafter. We are given good things from our heavenly Father in heaven, and even a foretaste of the things to come.
12/23/19
The promise of Advent is the promise of the lamb slain, who is born and given for us so that we don’t have to fear sin, death, and hell.
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