December is the month of holy days, family gatherings, wonderful food, busily doing last minute shopping, and most of all, gathering with the Family of Faith to worship the Newborn King.It is a time to reach out to those who are ill, those who...
“Who among us will celebrate Christmas correctly? Whoever finally lays down all power, all honor, all reputation, all vanity, all arrogance, all individualism beside the manger; whoever remains lowly and lets God alone be high; whoever...
Over the next few weeks, families around the United States will prepare to gather with family, eat turkey, and perhaps partake in some shopping. The problem is that there is not a lot of factual information from the first...
In God’s great redemption story, the Lord Himself never ceases to pursue His people and draw all of them unto Himself. One of the great promises the Lord makes is that His very presence is with us. It is the strong undercurrent that...
“gain or regain possession of (something) in exchange for payment.” In God’s great story of all things, His Word, we see time and time again the Lord buying back / redeeming His people. Grand moments in the Old Testament...
Did you know that at Faith Lutheran Church, Naples, FL one of the only original items on the property is the large Ficus aurea? I love to use it as a landmark to let folks know where we are located. This tree is native to Florida, the northern...
God’s Word is the story of all things. How things came to be and continue to be because of Christ. When we immerse ourselves in God’s story, hearing, reading, and inwardly digesting it, we will notice something quite...
That may sound like an odd question. Have you ever thought about, or made a list to try to answer this question? You and I if we took the time could come up with an entire page , or two, of singled spaced answers from Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa...
Fresh off another powerfully impactful LCMS Youth Gathering (YG), I thought it perhaps edifying to use the next few months to share big key theological takeaways that were instilled upon me, our adult volunteers, and most importantly, our high...
“Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.” Psalm 96:1 This past month, a visitor to Faith Lutheran Church Naples, FL, talked with me between services and this is basically the conversation we had: Visitor...
