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Jan 12, 20212 min read
Matthew 3:13-17
This past Sunday, the Gospel reading for the traditional services was Mark 1:4-11. January 6, we celebrated Epiphany... January 10 was,...
Jun 9, 20201 min read
Gratitude
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...
Jun 3, 20202 min read
The Image of God
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...
Jun 2, 20202 min read
Intercession
"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...
Jun 1, 20201 min read
Summer
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...
May 26, 20202 min read
Nehemiah 9:16-17
16 “But they and our fathers acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments. 17 They refused to obey...
May 21, 20203 min read
Psalm 110
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...
May 19, 20202 min read
Crossing over the Jordan
"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...
May 15, 20201 min read
Prayer of St. Ambrose
Ambrose is a 4th Century Church Father. He served as the Archbishop in Milan. Ambrose baptized Augustine, who deeply influenced Luther....
May 13, 20202 min read
Friendship (1 Samuel 18:1-4)
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...
May 11, 20203 min read
Psalm 146
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!...
May 7, 20203 min read
2 Questions
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...
Apr 14, 20202 min read
Luke 24
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...
Apr 8, 20204 min read
Isaiah 50:1-9
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...
Apr 7, 20204 min read
Jesus Curses the Fig Tree
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...
Apr 5, 20205 min read
Palm Sunday
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,...
Mar 30, 20202 min read
Mark 4:35-39
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...
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