“Holding Up the Profs’ Hands”
HAPPENING AROUND THE CHURCH OF THE LUTHERAN CONFESSION The title is not a misprint; it is an adaptation from a line of a well-known mission… Read More »“Holding Up the Profs’ Hands”
HAPPENING AROUND THE CHURCH OF THE LUTHERAN CONFESSION The title is not a misprint; it is an adaptation from a line of a well-known mission… Read More »“Holding Up the Profs’ Hands”
Peace Lutheran Church of Mission, South Dakota is a unique congregation in the CLC in a number of ways. Although it began as did many… Read More »Peace Lutheran Church—Mission, South Dakota
These brief topics were written to help Christians think about the ways in which they share the Gospel with others. Cut this page out if… Read More »Three Steps to Building Relationships
March 2015
TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941;
WS = Worship Supplement 2000;
SC = Martin Luther’s Small Catechism;
[ ] = Minor Festivals or commemorations in the Christian Church Year
Mar 2 Romans 5:1-11 WS 723
We can rejoice even in our sufferings because God’s love for us has been made obvious in Christ Jesus.
Mar 3 Mark 8:27-38 WS 722
Jesus the Christ was specifically chosen to suffer many things, be killed, and rise again in three days.Read More »Bread of Life March 2015
“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry” (Matthew 4:1-2).
Just when we are seeing signs that spring is coming soon, as the days are getting longer and warmer, we begin what may seem to be a darker, colder journey—the journey of Lent. We follow Jesus into the wilderness.Read More »Into the Wilderness
Written by: Nathan Pfeiffer pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Spokane, Washington.
What if I told you that the President of the United States was going to come to visit you personally, and needed you to pick him up at the Greyhound bus station? It would never happen, right? He’s too busy to visit you personally and too powerful to ever ride a bus!
Observing how today’s powerful people get around and who they spend their time with makes the events of Palm Sunday all Read More »Rejoice! Your King Comes to You.
Written by: Thomas Schuetze pastor of St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church in Lakewood, Colorado.
“While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, ‘Take and eat; this is my body.’ Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, ‘Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins’” (Matthew 26:26-28, NIV).Read More »For My Soul the Highest Good
Written by: Jay Hartmann pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in Coloma, Michigan.
“For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief” (Hebrews 3:16-19).Read More »They Did Not Enter In
Written by: Frank Gantt pastor of St. Luke’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Lemmon, South Dakota. “Since it has pleased Almighty God in His good providence to call… Read More »Why Would a Pastor Refuse to Bury Someone
“Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun… Read More »You Are Not Alone