Yesterday at camp was Christmas, and in adult bible study time we talked about Advent and Christmas. What we are preparing for and how we can better keep or get Christ in Christmas. And one of the things that was said was that Lutheran’s aren’t good at inviting others to church, because we have nothingContinue reading “What do we need saved from…”
Category Archives: Discipleship
Twitter Disciples – Jesus Creed
Twitter Disciples – Jesus Creed. This is great!
What about the poor…
There is a lot of talk about the poor, and how there is plenty of resources to go around. We in the United States of America are some of the wealthiest people in the world. The homeless people in this country are better off than soem working folks in other countries… So why are weContinue reading “What about the poor…”
The Change…
Steven Curtis Chapman released a song called The Change a few years ago, and it is going through my mind this weekend, because it goes along with my sermon for the weekend… The text this weekend is the text of the Good Samaritan. I blogged on this Friday in What is the right question…. I amContinue reading “The Change…”
What is the right question…
In the parable of the Good Samaritan the lawyer asks 2 questions and Jesus asks 3… My wondering is on the first question… ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ – This question has been argued and discussed and mulled over and a number of different things through out that ages… What must IContinue reading “What is the right question…”
Guardrails on a Mountain are nice…
Have you ever driven along a mountain road that had no guardrail? It can be really scary. And you ask yourself, “why are there no guardrails here?” What were this people thinking, someone is going to drive off the side of this mountain and kill themselves… Isn’t that just exactly how life is? We asContinue reading “Guardrails on a Mountain are nice…”
avalanches – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog
avalanches – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog. Another wonderful post from Rich Melheim… My comments on his sight: Could it be like, someone planted, someone else watered God brought the growth… I applied a little pressure, and set something in motion and a mother/father picked up on the motion and added a little something over there, andContinue reading “avalanches – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog”
The Police, the Media and the Schools – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog
The Police, the Media and the Schools – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog. Interesting thoughts on how we role in education in the church. What do you think is the right way? And how is that for revolutionary?
Soccer – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog
Soccer – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog. Where is your church at in Evangelism. My comment to Rich Melheim on his blog is here below. I wonder where you think we are at, or where you are at with your church in Evangelism… This is great! I believe unfortunately most Lutheran Congregations are like the Chinese diagramContinue reading “Soccer – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog”
No room in the Inn
We are in the midst of doing VBS at the congregation I serve. Yesterdays scripture passage was Luke 2:1-20, the birth of Jesus. Now this is a story most of us hear year after year, because those of us who go to churches that follow the Revised Common Lectionary use this set of verses every Christmas Eve.Continue reading “No room in the Inn”