SOMETHING TO SHARE
Since becoming a grandparent several years ago, I’ve had a running joke with my children—if I’d known how much fun grandkids are, I would have skipped over having my kids! Kidding aside, raising children is…
BREAD OF LIFE READINGS, SEPTEMBER 2025
TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comments September 1 LSB 916 1 Kings 8 Solomon has the ark of the covenant…
“BREAD OF LIFE” READINGS AUGUST 2025
TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comments August 1 TLH 777 / LSB 744 Psalm 41 While enduring illness and the…
HEAVEN IS OUR FATHERLAND
“Patriotism” is loyalty and love for one’s nation. The word is derived from Latin pater, meaning “father.” Patriotism is devotion to one’s fatherland. There are several facets to patriotism. One is simply geography. To grow…
BREAD OF LIFE READINGS FOR JULY 2025
TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comments July 1 TLH 341 / LSB 525 2 Samuel 20 In order to reclaim…
LUTHER’S MARRIAGE – JUNE 13, 1525
“With my wedding, I have made the angels laugh and the devils weep.” M. Luther For all his early life, Martin Luther knew that priests and nuns were not allowed to marry. After all, the…
BREAD OF LIFE READINGS, JUNE 2025
TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comment June 2 TLH 160 / LSB 442 Psalm 24 David calls the people of…
THE GIFT OF MOTHERS
Does the title of this article mean that mothers are the gift or that mothers are the ones from whom the gift comes? The answer is, “Both!” “And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because…
BREAD OF LIFE READINGS, MAY 2025
TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comments May 1 LSB 417 Jeremiah 34 Jeremiah prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem and the…
DEATH AND RESURRECTION IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
A young lady studying to become an ELCA pastor once told me her personal calling was to fill people with a sense of resurrection living. “For too long,” she claimed, “we have lived under the…