Could this be an example of the body of Christ? A strip of paper that is only one sided, and if you try to cut it in half, you don’t get 2 of them, you get a longer one sided paper with a little more twist… And if you try again to get two ofContinue reading “The Amazing Mobius Strip”
Category Archives: Missional Community
Listen!
“The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists of listening to them. Just as love of God begins with listening to his word, so the beginning of love for our brothers and sisters is learning to listen to them”-Dietrich Bonhoeffer-Life together How many of us listen to each other? Really listen.Continue reading “Listen!”
What is Worship?
What is worship? I have been pondering this question for a while… The reason I think about this now is I just preached a sermon 2 days ago on the mark of discipleship of weekly worship. Notice that is weekly not weakly worship. I have read a lot about worship and leadership of worship, butContinue reading “What is Worship?”
What is Worship – From the man on the street…
Great idea to go out and ask people what worship is… I wonder though if these were the only answers they got or if there were more and they got edited out… It just goes to show you that we all have a different idea of what worship is…
What is Worship…
As I work on thougths for this weekends sermon on worship I am coming across some really good things and I have to share…
Good Works – Do Lutherans believe in these???
I received the following in an email the other day. It is a great way to look at life and who we are. And while works will not save us, they are the out flowing of the love of God in our lives. So yes Lutherans do believe in good works! Good Works I am a vessel through whichContinue reading “Good Works – Do Lutherans believe in these???”
Look Right…
My devotion for this morning was on Romans 4:13-25. Here Paul is writing to the church(es) in Roman. He is writing to Christians that comes from a Jewish background and a Greek background. They have entered into this religion from many various places and so their history (as all of our history) plays upon their understanding of their religion,Continue reading “Look Right…”
Our Deepest Fear
Our Deepest Fear by Marianne Williamsonfrom A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I toContinue reading “Our Deepest Fear”
Identity Theft – Sermon from Baptism of our Lord.
Here is the Sermon I preached on January 9, 2011. It is entitled Identity Theft. I find it interesting that a couple days after this my wife and I received letters from our insurance company that someone had been let go because they had gotten into claim files with our names and important numbers without cause. They companyContinue reading “Identity Theft – Sermon from Baptism of our Lord.”
Disputatio pro Declaratione Virtutis Indulgentiarum.
Disputatio pro Declaratione Virtutis Indulgentiarum. aliter dictum “95 Theses” by Martin Luther Amore et studio elucidande veritatis hec subscripta disputabuntur Wittenberge, Presidente R. P. Martino Lutther, Artium et S. Theologie Magistro eiusdemque ibidem lectore Ordinario. Quare petit, ut qui non possunt verbis presentes nobiscum disceptare agant id literis absentes. In nomine domini nostri Hiesu Christi.Continue reading “Disputatio pro Declaratione Virtutis Indulgentiarum.”
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