In his article, Pastor Treglown talked about how the new year is a great opportunity to recommit ourselves to growing, to remind ourselves that we are committed to a journey in faith, to hear the voice of that speaker at graduation: “KEEP...
At the beginning of each new year, many of us make our annual “New Year’s Resolutions”. At the Baguio Lutheran Seminary in the Philippines, I was invited to speak at the graduation ceremony. It was a very hot and humid...
“Come, Lord Jesus” is a fitting prayer at all times of the year, but it’s especially fitting now, as we remember when Jesus did come to this earth. During this time where we remember the first advent (“advent” just...
Oftentimes when we think about giving thanks to God and what we should give thanks to Him for, our minds leap to salvation—we give thanks to God because He has saved us through His dying and rising, and this is all well and good. It is...
Years ago, we invited several families to gather together for the celebration of Thanksgiving. We asked each of the families (all missionaries) to bring one of their family traditions to share with the group as we gathered around for the...
This month, on the weekend of October 18–19, the Old Testament reading that’s been assigned is from the book of Genesis, chapter 32, verses 22–30. The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his...
It was October 31, 1517, that Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg. He wanted to debate the issue of the sale of indulgences with his fellow university professors. It is interesting to note he wrote in Latin...
This September, one of the common features throughout all of the Gospel readings that we’re going to hear during worship these weekends is that each of these Gospel readings is a different teaching of Jesus. And I think this is very...
Jesus talks about Himself as the “Lamb of God”. This shows us that He understood that He would be the ultimate sacrifice for humanity’s sins. The Old Testament “Passover Lamb” in Exodus, reminds us of the lamb that...
This month, our Gospel readings from the book of Luke center around Jesus’ teaching in chapters 12 and 13, and this teaching of Jesus really focuses on one core topic: our priorities. He encourages us to be aware of what we consider to be...
