BREAD OF LIFE READINGS, JUNE 2024
TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comments June 1 TLH 34 /LSB 611 Mark 2 Jesus forgives the sins of a…
ONLY ONE COULD DO IT ALL
Between 1961 and 2017, the National Football League offered a youth football skills competition known as “Punt, Pass, and Kick.” Children were invited to compete within their age groups, winners being determined based on the…
BREAD OF LIFE READINGS, MAY 2024
The BREAD OF LIFE Bread of Life Readings, May 2024 TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comments May 1 TLH 421/LSB…
“SAY THE WORD”
When we were young, we believed the impossible. From a man in a red suit delivering our Christmas toys to a fairy leaving a dollar under our pillows, whatever our parents told us was the…
BREAD OF LIFE READINGS, APRIL 2024
TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comments April 1 TLH 384 / LSB 559 1 Corinthians 9 Rather than claim the…
LAID TO REST
“For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third…
THE BREAD OF LIFE READINGS, MARCH 2024
THE BREAD OF LIFE The Bread of Life Readings, March 2024 TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comments March 1 TLH…
SHARED TEMPTATIONS
Matthew 4:1-11, Mark 1:12-13, and Luke 4:1-13 all relate the strange case of Jesus’ temptations in the wilderness, which occurred at the start of His public ministry. Jesus had been led into this barren land…
SOLUTIONS FOR BROKEN RESOLUTIONS
I don’t recall ever making a New Year’s resolution. Perhaps I had to come up with one as a school assignment once but, if so, I certainly never tried to accomplish it. The whole practice…
BREAD OF LIFE READINGS, JANUARY 2024
The Bread of Life Bread of Life Readings, January 2024 TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comments January 1 TLH 123/LSB…