Sacraments (141)
  1. Sunday morning is about receiving, not giving.
  2. Honey, Where Did This Thing Come From? In this episode, we discuss the Lord’s Supper, early church tradition, worship, and the question, “Where did this come from?” At the same time, we read Dr. Norman Nagel’s essay, “Medicine of Immortality and Antidote against Death.”
  3. In the sacrament, we receive an earnest of that future promise here and now in the body and blood of Jesus given and shed for us.
  4. Although Jesus bodily ascended and is hidden from our earthly eyes, he is not far off.
  5. Maundy Thursday is your big night. For the Passover Lamb is given for you, given to you.
  6. This is an excerpt from the prologue of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  7. Writer Jane Grizzle talks on what the body’s limitations can teach us about God’s work for us.
  8. We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
  9. There is a revival, no less real and even more definitive, taking place in every church, every weekend, where God’s people gather around his gifts.
  10. Rejoice with Mary as she would rejoice with you. Be blessed, like her, with humility from God, so that you may serve joyfully and willingly wherever and in whatever role God has placed you.
  11. By his first Advent in the flesh, through his second Advent with bread and wine and water and Word, we await his third Advent at the end.
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