This past Sunday, the Gospel reading for the traditional services was Mark 1:4-11. January 6, we celebrated Epiphany... January 10 was,...

This will be a short post. "I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” - Psalm 16:2 This verse absolutely...

A few months ago, I preached a sermon on the Image of God. I feel the abbreviated message of that sermon is useful, for what is happening...

"Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor...

Summer, I know you don't read my blog. Maybe, one day, you will. And if you do, you'll see a post with your name on it and think, "Oh...

16 “But they and our fathers acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments. 17 They refused to obey...

1 The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.” I don't think we often associate David with...

"Now the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firmly on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all Israel was...

Ambrose is a 4th Century Church Father. He served as the Archbishop in Milan. Ambrose baptized Augustine, who deeply influenced Luther....

1 As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own...

This is the Psalm reading for this past Sunday, from the three-year lectionary Series A. 1 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!...

A little less than a year ago, Summer and I received our call for vicarage to Christ Church Lutheran in Phoenix, Arizona. It was exactly...

1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. These women have come to...

A blessed Wednesday of Holy Week to you all. You might be saying, "Wait a second, in the last post Jeff said we'd be focusing on the...

For the next week, our devotions will be focused on the events of Holy Week, as recorded in the Gospels. 18 In the morning, as he was...

As we begin Holy Week, it is only appropriate that we take a look at Palm Sunday. 28 And when he had said these things, he went on ahead,...

35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” 36 And leaving the crowd, they took him...