Worship Habits
Dear Friends,
A member of Peace Lutheran sent me a article by Daniel Burke, the CNN Religion Editor. The article, dated August 9, is entitled, “10 Reasons Americans Go To Church -- And 9 Reasons They Don't”
Citing a Pew Research Center study Burke lists the top 10 reasons people go to church are:
1. To become…
Our Stories
For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part; but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:9-13
Friends,
Last week in my blog I referred to John Steinbeck’s novel, East Of Eden. I refer to the it again. Toward the end of the novel, Abra and Cal are having a conversation….
Redeemed By Christ The Crucified
And the LORD put a mark on Cain, so that no one who came upon him would kill him. Then Cain went away from the presence of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden. – Genesis 4:15-16
Dear Friends,
I am reading ‘East of Eden’ by John Steinbeck. The novel is inspired by the story of Cain and Abel in Genesis 4. It is the third time I have read the novel. This time through, I am more familiar with the town of Salinas and…
Too Many Voices, Just A Bunch Of Noise
I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect. - Romans 12:1-2
Dear Friends,
I was visiting my grandma Wollenburg in Nebraska one time when she had all 13 of her children home. In addition, there were several of her daughters and sons in-laws, many grandchildren and great grandchildren. As you can imagine, things got a bit noisy with all the discussions and frivolity.
At one point my…
