Monthly Archives: February 2022

 “There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins” (Ecclesiastes 7:20) Maybe this is where St. Paul got the notion . . . “The very thing I want to do, I do not. … Continue reading →

This morning my hubbie took the car to the dealer’s for “routine maintenance.”   I can’t say that’s my favorite way to spend a morning.  Being very unmechanical, I can’t get excited about checking brakes, rotating tires, or adding fluids.  Left … Continue reading →

Have you ever heard someone talking about a change in their life and they expressed it by saying, “I made a 3600 change?” This is a common error and heard often, for instance a friend just told me they had quit … Continue reading →

Since I can remember, I have loved my home.  Growing up, we didn’t have a big, fancy house. I have lived in nice homes, but nothing elegant and House Beautiful worthy. The one thing all my homes have had in … Continue reading →

Recently, we took some time by the ocean. What majesty!  What an impressive sight, watching the surf rolling into the shore. The vastness! The endless movement of the water! The wind churning the surf! The full moon over the water! … Continue reading →

Ansgar (801-865) was the bishop of Hamburg-Bremen. It was his commission to evangelize Denmark, Sweden, and Norway which he did with gusto. Try to imagine Lutheranism without Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians. That’s right, no frikadelle at pot-lucks, no saffron buns for St. … Continue reading →

I grew up in Minnesota about a half mile from the Mississippi river.  I loved to go down and sit on the banks and watch the river flow by.  It was relaxing and peaceful.   Sometimes life just crowds in … Continue reading →

            Patient and kind, not envious or boastful; not arrogant or rude. It doesn’t insist on its own way; it’s not irritable or resentful; it doesn’t rejoice at sin, only the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes … Continue reading →