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2018-01-28

A New Teaching with Authority

Throughout our lives we have all had people in authority over us.  Some are political, like our various government officials, some are civil, like the police or judges, there are religious authorities like pastors, or Sunday School teachers.  When we are younger, educational authorities have a lot of power, be them teachers, principals, or professors.  […]

2018-01-21

Jonah’s Hate and God’s Calling

When I was a child, for either Sunday School or Vacation Bible School, I cannot remember which we had the theme of Jonah and the Whale for some sessions, and we capped it off by having a little outdoor play about Jonah fleeing from God, and being eaten by the whale.  For the outdoor play, […]

2017-12-24

Christmas Eve

My mother collects crèches. You know, the little nativity scenes that usually include figurines of Mary, Joseph, the baby Jesus, shepherds, wisemen, animals and usually an angel suspended by a thread, hanging above it all. Well my Mom collects these, no, I mean really collects these, they are everywhere! Some are small and hang from […]

2017-12-10

Second Sunday in Advent

Deserts play a prominent role in today’s scriptures.  Deserts play a prominent role in the story of God and his people.  Deserts can test a person. I have spent time in the Chiahuahuan desert of Northern Mexico.  It is harsh but beautiful country. When I took walks in the desert I remember thinking, I would […]

2017-11-26

Christ the King Sunday

Today is Christ the King Sunday, the last Sunday of the church calendar.  This morning is when we think of Jesus as omnipotent King. What do I have to say about Jesus Christ as King, on this Christ the King Sunday?  What can we know about our King, Jesus Christ today? Well first of all […]

2017-08-28

Who do you say I am

When asked, how do you describe people?  Do you use a physical description, do you tell of what a person does for a living, do you speak of some ones’ life experiences or do you reveal how that individual is important in your life? In high school and college I cleaned at the Episcopal Church […]

2017-07-09

Freedom in Christ

This past Tuesday, on July Fourth the United States of America celebrated two hundred and forty-one years of independence.  On May seventeenth Norway celebrated two hundred and three years of its constitution.  This coming December sixth, Finland celebrates a centennial, one hundred years of freedom. This twenty-first century might be the point in history in […]

2017-04-09

Palm Sunday

Can you imagine the spectacle that Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem was that Palm Sunday morning? People shouting, others crying out the words of Psalm 118, “Hosanna to the King,” many waving palms, others throwing palms and even their coats down upon the road, so that the donkey upon which Jesus is riding does not even […]

2017-02-19

To Grow in Love

The challenge of reacting differently. It is easy to respond right when you are treated right but it is not easy to respond correctly when you are treated badly. God is kind to all the righteous and the unrighteous. If  you are of God you reflect God.  Are you able to extend to others what […]

2017-02-12

50th Anniversary of the Founding of the Stefanus Alliance

50 years ago after being released from Jail from Roumania and ransomed for 10000 USD Pastor Richard Wurmbrand on arriving in Oslo came and worshipped at the American Lutheran Church.  During the service he and his wife wept when they saw the freedom to worship. They also wept after they saw the children in Sunday […]

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