GOD GIVES THE GROWTH AND THE HARVEST
As I write this my final article for the Etcetera Newsletter, I am excited and hopeful for Adoration ELCA. There are a variety of reasons for this, but here are just a few of the many good things...
View ArticleGOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS
As I get older, the saying “God works in mysterious ways” is becoming much less a mere platitude for me and much more a powerful statement of divine truth. Biblically speaking, we see this truth...
View ArticleGOD’S WORD / OUR WITNESS
The following article is my sermon that I wrote and presented on the Third Sunday of Eastertime, April 15th. After the worship service, I was told by a parishioner that I should make this sermon into...
View ArticleOPEN TO ADORATION TRAFFIC
We all know that the flow of visitors to our congregation took a big hit with the major road construction we had to endure. Even electronic navigation devices steered would-be visitors to adjacent...
View ArticleSIGNAL BEACONS FOR CHRIST
It’s the Third Day of Christmas as I write this article and New Year’s Eve is four days away. Many people still have most of their Christmas decorations out in observance of the Twelve Days of...
View ArticleOUR CHURCH LABYRINTH
Faith and spirituality come to us as a journey from the outer beginning toward the inner finishing, perfecting and fulfilling — and Jesus Christ is the Way. Saint Paul the Apostle of Christ declared...
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LET US PRAY
As we approach the holiest time of year for Christianity, I am thinking more about the absolute necessity of prayer for our Christian life. Basically, Christians believe that the human soul is...
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ALL WE NEED IS LOVE
Saint Valentine is a Christian saint of the Third Century AD who is widely celebrated on February 14th and commonly associated with romantic love. Although not much of St. Valentine’s life is reliably...
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CHILDREN OF GOD — UNITED IN CHRIST
We live in a time of powerful forces seeking to separate people into demographic boxes. These forces want to define us as strictly this or that “kind” of person; and these forces want us to start...
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IN GOD WE TRUST
When we were little children, we viewed our parents through an almost entirely positive lens. They could do nothing wrong in our eyes. Then we became adolescents, and we viewed our parents through an...
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SO MUST THE SON OF MAN BE LIFTED UP
We should not feel bad about feeling bad. Within our society that idealizes feeling “happy, happy, happy” all the time, we can sometimes be shamed into feeling bad about feeling bad. However, this is...
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OUR BLESSED ASSURANCE
Our human sinfulness alienates us from God our Creator, but the wonderful good news is that Jesus Christ gives us everlasting salvation from this self-imposed alienation and grants us eternal life in...
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THE GRACE AND TRUTH OF JESUS CHRIST
We live in a time in which many assert that Jesus of Nazareth never existed, or they assert that Jesus really did exist but they say they know Jesus better than Christians know him. So we live in a...
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MISSIONARIES FOR CHRIST
During the Season of Lent, the Christian Church has an annual observance on March 17th in commemoration of the great Fifth Century missionary bishop to Ireland, Saint Patrick. He was born at the end of...
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JESUS, HELP US!
The Season of Lent is an annual time of intensified reflection and repentance. It is a time to recognize our poverty of spirit and seek the riches of God’s grace through more dedicated devotional...
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GOD’S PRISM
The Seasons of Advent, Christmastime and Epiphany all share the theme of the spiritual Light of God. And Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, is the one who shines God’s eternal Light on us and...
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REJUBILATION
“Rejubilation” is a word that I made up to describe what the Advent Season and Christmastime are all about. The four weeks of Advent before Christmas and the twelve days of Christmastime are all about...
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PASSING ON THE FAITH
“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, for the sake of the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ...
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LIVING STONES
While in the Holy Land of Israel and Jordan, we visited many stone ruins. Some of these ruins were of ancient fortresses, like the mountain fortress of Masada near the Dead Sea. However, whether it was...
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HOLY COMMUNION: OUR WEEKLY PENTECOST
In ancient times, when a relationship had been broken, the offering of a meal was given in order to bring about reconciliation and to restore fellowship. In fact, this was the whole basis for the...
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