The Word

A Season of Love

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, With February comes a season of love. A season where everything is adorned in shades of red and pink and covered with hearts and roses. Halfway through the month this season reaches its zenith, its pinnacle, its peak on February 14th, on Valentine’s Day.… Read More»

Recalling Angels

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, With Christmas and Advent in recent memory, it is a good opportunity to recall angels. These spiritual beings that God made would bring messages from their Creator down to people like you and me. You’ve probably seen them around in nativity sets recently, often… Read More»

Living With Christ-Christmas Message

Dear Christian Friends, At this time of year, our minds are drawn to thoughts of our Savior, the babe of Bethlehem, and Mary and Joseph, who traveled unto Bethlehem. The ages-old story is always fresh and exciting to us as Christians. Through décor, song, gift exchanging, we rejoice in our Father’s… Read More»

Christian Separation

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, [Christian] separation from the world must not be done by locking themselves away, shutting themselves in, and refusing to speak to or associate with anyone. It must consist in refusing to join the children of this age in their sins, declining to imitate their… Read More»

How many?

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ – How many stars are there in the sky? Who can count them? Yet God created and knows each of them. How many different kinds of animals in the forests and deserts and oceans? We have not come to the end of discovering them… Read More»

Why God?

Why God? A cry of distress. A mournful lament. An angry, lashing roar. A burning whisper. The question, “Why God?” expresses itself in many different ways and in our increasingly active world it is asked for a variety of reasons. From stubbing your toe on the coffee table to the… Read More»

Vicar Stein’s Farewell

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I have spent some time these past few days pondering The End. My vicarage is drawing to a close. By the time many of you sit down… Read More»

Servanthood

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ – Just as Jesus came not to be served but to serve (Matthew 20:28), we are called to serve Jesus by serving others. Christ is our example of servanthood. He is our reason for serving. He is the One who calls us to serve, equips… Read More»

Five Aspects of Congregational Life (W.I.F.E.S.)

Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you! Last night was the last confirmation class for the 8th graders. In one of the last lectures, I remind the students that confirmation does not mean graduation. Instead, confirmation means you need to live as the bride of Christ. There are five aspects of… Read More»

Happiness Comes from Who We are in Jesus

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ! This weekend is Confirmation, and last night we had the Spiritual Growth Event. At that event, the students are publicly examined and they shared their confirmation verse. My confirmation verse is Philippians 4:4. It says, “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say,… Read More»