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Wonderings of Life…

I have been pondering life a lot lately. I wonder why things happen the way they do, and why events are taking place in my life. I have 3 wonderful children, and I sometimes wonder why I have been blessed with them. I feel like I am the worst parent on the faces of theContinue reading “Wonderings of Life…”

Family Camp ~ Stormy Calm Week

http://www.starbeacon.com/archivesearch/local_story_204194208.htmlThis is a link to the Star Beacon article on the storm we experienced while at family camp. My wife and I climbed through trees in the rain, and standing water with downed power lines to reach our girls. It was one of the scariest moments of my life. I remember that God was withContinue reading “Family Camp ~ Stormy Calm Week”

Eternal life or abundant life

Can we do anything to earn eternal life? What could one do to have eternal life. The only guarantee to life is death. All of us will die, but Christ has taken the sting of death away, because we believe it is not the end… Is eternal life a goal to obtain, or something weContinue reading “Eternal life or abundant life”

White Washed Tombs

Isn’t it interesting that we want things to look pretty on the outside? We are so concerned with what people say and see that we spend all our effort into making our outsides look like the world wants us to look. We spend time primping and making ourselves into the image the world wants usContinue reading “White Washed Tombs”

Am I a saint or a sinner?

What in the world does that mean? Am I a saint, how can I be a saint? Don’t you have to be dead to be a saint? Well not really, a saint is someone who is sanctified by God, the communion of the saints, is when we who have been claimed and renamed by GodContinue reading “Am I a saint or a sinner?”

The Lutheran Choice

Choice theology is big, I choose Jesus as my savior. Well this is not Lutheran Theology, as Lutherans believe that we are saved by grace through faith. Ephesians 2:8-9 says: “8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 notContinue reading “The Lutheran Choice”

Franchising the Global Church

I found this on my pastor’s blog and is an interesting read, and I like Todd would like to have a reading on where people stand on this. Todd’s blog is here. In short there is a move to have churches that listen to sermons on DVD in other countries. The article speaks about aContinue reading “Franchising the Global Church”

Martyr!

This week I am at confirmation camp. We are looking at the book of Acts and the characters that help us understand our faith. On Tuesday (yesterday) the group I am in lead a session on Stephen. We had one station on service, as Stephen was the first called to serve the body of ChristContinue reading “Martyr!”

The Gate keepers

In the Hebrew Scriptures before David dies there is a description of the Levites who are assigned to be gate keepers, see my blog at the Adult Sunday School for more details. Here I question if we are not all gate keepers. We seek for our worship services to be comfortable and anything that mayContinue reading “The Gate keepers”

Am I a Pharisee?

Today there are more people finding spirituality apart from the community of the church. They are seeking God and finding him, and following him and are not a part of a community of the church. God is found not in the confines of the church building we have known this for a long time, butContinue reading “Am I a Pharisee?”