Category: Musings

One Minister’s Musings 1/5/2012 “What are your intentions?” I was at several gatherings this last week, and the common question was, “What is your New Year’s resolution?” There were the common responses of resolutions to lose weight, exercise more, study harder, and work harder in relationships. Then one friend said, “I’m not making any resolutions…

End of Year Musing December 29, 2010 I’m curious, what is your WORD for the year? So what IS your word for the year? What is the word that you find yourself using again and again? What is the word that captures the events of the year? What is the word, one word, which captures…

A Christmas Message: Gifts of a Hovering God. At this time of year we sing. We wonder. We light candles. We share gifts. We eat good food. We gather together to celebrate Christmas and announce that Christ is born. Each year we tell the story, often reading from the gospel of Luke. He begins his…

More questions.  One question, leads to another, leads to another.  Why Christian?  Why Jesus?   Jesus saved us, so what?  What does this salvation stuff mean? This Sunday is Reformation Sunday and is a time to affirm the teaching of Lutherans that salvation is a gift of God, freely given to all.  “We are justified by…

(Based on Why Christian? By Douglas John Hall & Simon and DJ by Mark A. Olson) The way I know God is through the stories of Jesus. The sacred texts in the New Testament especially Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John reveal much about God’s holy reign of healing, forgiveness, justice, love, compassion through the life,…