God gives many and varied spiritual gifts to the church, calling us all to use our gifts for the common good. Everyone has something to offer, and everyone’s talents, abilities, and gifts are needed for us to do the work
For the last couple of weeks, we’ve celebrated the birth of the baby Jesus. In this Sunday’s Scripture readings, we find the Jesus all grown up and ready to begin his public ministry. And as an adult, Jesus’ first recorded
Happy New Year! This week in worship, we wrap up the Christmas season with the celebration of Epiphany, looking at the story in Matthew 2:1-12 of Magi from the East coming to worship the baby Jesus. These foreigners symbolize the
Merry Christmas! Tonight’s Christmas Eve sermon concludes this year’s Advent series, Grace-Filled Beginnings, from the ELCA’s Western North Dakota Synod. Tonight, we hear the story of God’s grace entering the world in the person of Jesus Christ, born in Bethlehem and
On this final Sunday in Advent, we hear Mary’s song, a song of joy as she proclaims the ways her son will change the world. In the midst of the overwhelming evidence of this world’s brokenness, Mary proclaims that God