Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Our gospel lesson focused on the miracle of Jesus walking on the water… this event comes right after the miracle of the feeding of the 5,000. Both miracles reveal Jesus’ true identity as the Son of God. Jesus come alongside the boat and the disciples are startled to see…

Dear Sisters and Brothers In Christ, In our First Lesson, Isaiah 55:1-5, the prophet reaffirms God’s compassion and provision for His chosen people. In Psalm 136 we hear a song of thanksgiving and praise to God for His acts of creation and redemption, both in history and in the lives of His people… “His steadfast…

Dear Sisters and Brothers In Christ, Our sermon text this week (Romans 8:28-39) poses some life-changing questions for us to consider; rather than ask “Why me Lord?” Paul urges us to walk by faith and see how God works through all things for good. Each event in our life is like one ingredient in a…

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Many people say they do not believe in God because of all the evil in the world.   Their perplexity is echoed by the workers in the parable who ask the owner where the weeds came from and whether they should pull them out.   Jesus is more concerned about preserving…

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, The agricultural cycle of seed-time to harvest is a thread tying together our lessons today.  The Gospel parable of the Sower dwells on the gamble of the Sower where three-quarters of his seed will fail to bring a harvest. Like the Sower, God nevertheless freely broadcasts his word with…

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Jesus gave an invitation to His followers, “Come unto me all you who labor, and are heavy laden and I will give you REST!” True rest and peace comes from Jesus’ work of salvation, His death and resurrection on the cross for you and for me! Here is the…

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, As we reflect on the freedom we have in our country we also rejoice in the freedom Christ gives us from sin and death. Guest Preacher, Rev. Dr. Tom Wolbrecht, shared Jesus’ radical words He gave to His disciples…”to take up our cross and follow Him…to lose our life…

Dear Brothers and Sister in Christ, This week we learned that the prophet Jeremiah and his people faced hardships, yet they modeled how our witness and testimony can be ones of boldness and confidence as we sing to and praise the Lord, for He “delivered the life of the needy from the hand of evildoers”…

Dear Sisters & Brothers in Christ, This past Sunday we continued our readings and reflections in God’s word; specifically, the Matthew account of Jesus sending out the 12 disciples. God’s plan of salvation includes sharing the Gospel with ALL people; may we be open to listening to His Word and seeing opportunities that the Holy…

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Yesterday we celebrated the Second Sunday after the Feast of Pentecost in our worship service. We read and reflected on how Jesus called Matthew to be one of His disciples. Despite being a tax collector and being associated with sinners, Jesus invites Matthew to be one of His followers…