I pray your summer is going well. If you have a vegetable garden or an herb garden, how is it doing? All the readings appointed for Proper 10 (July 16, 2023) remind us that the ...
On Sunday, June 18, many of our churches will sing this setting of Psalm 100 from Christian Worship Psalter. Psalm 100 has two halves, and each half has two parts: encouragements/calls to do some things, ...
On the 6th Sunday of Easter many of our churches will sing this setting of Psalm 66. “Let all the earth cry out to the LORD with joy!” Psalm 66 has three parts, focused on ...
One of the “occupational hazards” of being a pastor is that the preparations and leading of worship during Lent and Holy Week can become an obstacle to worship of the LORD during Lent and Holy ...
Jesus gave sight to the blind (John 9), providing evidence that he is who he claimed to be: the Light of the world that gives life to all people. It is good and right, then, ...
Psalm 1 and Psalm 2 are the swinging doors that invite and usher us into all the psalms. These two short songs signal what the psalms (and the Bible and life and ministry) are all ...
The readings this coming Sunday point to the glory of the Word made flesh: Jesus is the Servant of the LORD in whom we see the splendor of the LORD (Isaiah 49). Jesus is the ...
Psalm 89 is the third longest psalm, after Psalm 119 and Psalm 78. Its length and its contemplative pondering of the promise to David are reminders that the world had to wait a long time ...
This past weekend my wife and I drove to New Ulm for homecoming at Martin Luther College. In the span of a few days, we experienced one blessing after another. One of those blessings was ...
On Sunday morning, do you ever watch your members as they arrive for worship? Do they come by car? By bicycle? On foot? When I served as a pastor in Japan, people came by all ...
