I was reading through Pastor Treglown’s article about how in this life, we “walk in danger all the way,” and I was struck by his quotation from Isaiah 43. I want to quote it myself, and I want to give a bit before it, too Fear...
Forty years ago, while at Vicarage at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Truman Minnesota, I was given the task of preparing for Lenten Services in 1985. It was a difficult time for the community as the Farm Crisis of the 1980s was in...
We ran into a bit of a conundrum this month with The Voice: usually people get their copy of The Voice around the 7th of the month, and this year Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent) falls on the 5th of March—which means that by the time...
The young couple decided to remodel their home. After securing their loan, they began to hire sub-contractors to do the work. Then they ran short of money. The young husband decided that he would put in the carpeting by himself. A look at Youtube...
This past December 2024, we had the opportunity during Advent to study some of the Symbols of Christmas in preparation for the miraculous birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I loved the Advent themes this past year: Nativity Sets: or...
In his article, Pastor Treglown talked about New Year’s traditions—things people do to usher in the new year. Whenever I read about these traditions, I’m always struck by the thing that so many of these traditions have in...
Through November in our Epistle readings we’re going to be continuing through the book of Hebrews, focusing on chapters 9 and 10. These chapters mark one of the central points of the whole book, summarized in Hebrews...
As you may or may not know, Faith Lutheran Church is part of the English District of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. What makes that even more enjoyable for us is that we have fellow District congregations in Canada. Though the United States...
Throughout October in our Epistle readings we’re going to be reading from the book of Hebrews, and the first reading from Hebrews for October (on the 5th and 6th) sets up an important theme for the whole book. That reading begins...
Growing up, I was blessed with being near both sets of grandparents. Their cultures and backgrounds were very different as it was a formal time and proper English was important to them. I’ll never forget one Thanksgiving where I...
