In this week’s Gospel lesson, Jesus offers apocalyptic predictions of disaster, but he also makes a promise: Apocalyptic disasters are penultimate, not final. Suffering and disaster are not the end. Something better is coming: God’s kingdom. We are given the
Church newsletter pastoral column for St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greene, Iowa, for December, 2021. Making Room “And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no
This weekend, we mark All Saints’ Day, celebrating the promise that saints are made by God’s grace, not by the good works we do or how much we give. Everything we do is in response to what God has already done
Church newsletter pastoral column for St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greene, Iowa, for November, 2021. Why Join a Church? “For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many,
It’s Confirmation Sunday here at St. Peter! In this Reformation Day sermon, I do my best to look at the theme of God’s love and grace by reflecting on each of the verses selected by the eight ninth-grade students affirming