Ministry of the Church

Holy Week Special: Christ’s Cross—the Orientation of our Community

03/28/21

15 mins

By Robert Kolb

Golgotha is the point where not only Mary and John’s family life assumed a new character, but it is the point of orientation for all human community that uses the cross to straighten out the lives of individuals turned in upon themselves.
Holy Week Special: Christ’s Cross—the Orientation of our Identity

03/28/21

14 mins

By Robert Kolb

The cross does not remain on a hill far away. It pursues us into the valleys, the ravines, the crevices in which we get trapped as we wander in search of a fixed point for our lives.
The Gift of Wisdom and Fairness

03/14/21

14 mins

By Robert Kolb

Trusting in Christ’s promise of new life and deliverance powers our ability to view the world with perceptive sensitivity and, therefore, to treat others fairly in the way we think and the way we experience life.
The Gift of Generosity and Hospitality

02/28/21

15 mins

By Robert Kolb

Trusting in Christ’s promise of new life and deliverance pours generosity and hospitality into the way we think and the way we experience life.
The Gift of Kindness and Gentleness

02/21/21

16 mins

By Robert Kolb

Trusting in Christ’s promise of new life and deliverance pours kindness and gentleness into the way we think and the way we experience life.
The Gift of Joy

02/07/21

15 mins

By Robert Kolb

Trusting in Christ’s promise of new life and deliverance breaks through sorrow and worry; such trust pours joy into the way we think and the way we experience life.
The Gift of Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us

01/31/21

13 mins

By Robert Kolb

Trusting in Christ’s promise of new life and deliverance pours the ability to abandon fixing our eyes only inwardly and lets us see ourselves as others see us.
The Gift of Contentment

01/24/21

15 mins

By Robert Kolb

Our trust in Jesus pours contentment into the way we think and the way we experience life.
The Gift of Gratitude

01/17/21

17 mins

By Robert Kolb

Trusting in Christ’s promise of new life and deliverance pours gratitude into the way we think and the way we experience life.
He Doesn’t Make Things Like We’re Used To

01/10/21

14 mins

By Robert Kolb

God makes all things new. He refashions us from those turned in upon ourselves, turned to idols of our own choice and making, to experience the freedom He gives by pronouncing us His righteous children.
Silvester and Year’s End in Pandemic

12/27/20

13 mins

By Robert Kolb

As we close out an old year, Saint Silvester can remind us God is the Lord of history and He has used and is using even people whose lives sink largely or totally into obscurity to keep the confession of our faith in Jesus Christ alive.
Preaching an Awe-fully Mysterious and Wondrous God

09/20/20

20 mins

By Robert Kolb

As long as our illusions of control over storms and germs persist to govern our thinking, we will never be able to take the saving work of Christ as seriously we ought.

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