“Advent Beginnings” Midweek Advent 1, November 30 th 2011 Mark 1:1-15 Abrupt. If I had to pick one word to describe the beginni...

1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Advent 1, 2011 “ As You Wait” I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was giv...

1 Chronicles 16:34 (et al) National Day of Thanksgiving, 2011 “ Giving Thanks for Hesed” “ Oh give thanks unto the Lord, for he i...

 These were given to me by one of our parishioners, a great-grandson of Rev. H. Ruhland.  Rev. Ruhland was a seminary student at the...

Mark 10:46-52 Pentecost 22 November 13th, 2011 “A Hard Man, A Generous Master” The church calendar is winding down. With the be...

Lord, save us from generic faith in generic God. Convict us of sin and grant forgiveness in Christ, specifically. Lord, save us from ...

One of the "trending items" on Google+ was this blurb from the Dalai Lama: "Human beings are not intrinsically selfish, wh...

Matthew 11:12-19 Reformation Day October 30th, 2011 “Dirges and Flutes” A blessed Reformation day to you. Today is that one day...

Matthew 22:15-22 Pentecost 18 October 16th, 2011 “Christ and Caesar” The foolish Pharisees. Trying to ensnare Jesus in his word...

Or, "Another 'Is Mormonism a Cult" Blog Post" No one denies that Mormonism and Traditional Christianity are different...

We've often talked about the three functions or uses of the law, Curb, Mirror and Guide.  I suppose this discussion would fall under fun...

Matthew 21:23-32 Pentecost 15 September 25th, 2011 “Mind Changing” Today's Gospel reading from Matthew takes place during Holy We...

Matthew 20:1-16  Pentecost 14  September 18th, 2011  “It's Not Fair!”  The first will be last, and the last will be first, Jesus of...

A friend of mine likes to say, “All men marry up!” In other words, all husbands are made better by their wives, whom they don't deser...

Matthew 16:13-20 Pentecost 10 August 21st , 2011 “Son of the Living God” Caeserea Phillipi, or what is left of it, is one of the man...