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Our Luther League (teen youth group) in my home church was the BEST! We were good kids with big hearts, a wonderful parish worker who supervised us with Pastor, and we loved the Lord. We would often take 3–4-day getaways, … Continue reading →

It was while I was suffering the isolation of the Covid epidemic, that I found myself thinking about Anne Frank. I was especially touched thinking about the Frank family and how they had lived in an attic in total isolation … Continue reading →

My summertime church sometimes has a penitential prayer at the beginning of the Sunday service. It is called “The Collect for Purity.” It is a short prayer with an interesting request to the Lord. Here it is:    Almighty God, to … Continue reading →

Sometimes you get overcome by something your read. Johannes Tauler (1300-1361)  was a German Dominican preacher. Reading his sermons had a tremendous impact on Martin Luther. This is a quotation from a sermon of his on Holy Communion. Those “who … Continue reading →

We had been promised rain – for weeks. It hadn’t come. Lawns are brown and crispy. Flowers are limp and lifeless. The lake level is dropping drastically. Saturday morning dawned sunny and bright. The temperature was hot. The atmosphere was … Continue reading →

In May 1992, having just graduated from the Enlisted Bandleader Course, I was sent toNavy Band New Orleans. I was delighted that one of my best mates from Navy Band SanFrancisco was there, along with others I knew after ten-plus … Continue reading →

A friend has entrusted her Peace Plant to me for the summer, while she is away.  Now I must confess that my green thumb is suspect.  Some of my plants have thrived, some, not so much.  But now, I feel … Continue reading →

Ok, think sphere, bubble, globe,…perhaps even “bubble boy” from the Seinfeld show. Hoping you get the picture of an even more enormous sphere and now see yourself floating inside of it. The sphere, of course, is God.  He has chosen you … Continue reading →

Most television commercials are pretty boring, but once in a while an entertaining one comes along. In one of my favorites, which you may have seen (it can be found on YouTube), a groundskeeper is painting the end zone of … Continue reading →

Here is a simple explanation of my ongoing conflict between my will and God’s will for me. I don’t think that any more needs to be said.  Do you feel a conflict with God’s will? Trust in the God who … Continue reading →