How does our God react when he sees the suffering of his people? Try taking 5 minutes today to read Psalm 18. It describes God’s frustration against evil as rocking and reeling the earth, as if his nostrils breathed out the smoke and fire of a volcano. Granted, we never see this when we suffer. … Read more
John 20: 19-31 When considering the infamous account of “doubting Thomas”, we often skip over the beginning, and focus on questions of why Thomas demanded to see our Lord himself, and refused to accept anything else. To be sure, that is important for us to consider. But it’s far too easy to skip over what … Read more
Luther knew how to teach with a sense of humor, even using sarcasm to help show us our wrongdoing. In teaching the 2nd Commandment, he lamented how little God’s name is faithfully invoked when we are in need. Rather, we are more likely to invoke God’s name to validate our lies and false testimony! What … Read more
I give thanks to all our members, along with their family and friends, for the strong attendance we saw for all of Holy Week: Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and especially Easter morning! All of this was done while still being able to have good social distancing. I especially want to thank Andrea , … Read more
Psalm 118: 19-29 Palm Sunday is one of our most iconic Sundays of the year: the visual of the procession, our Lord on a donkey, children singing, palms being waved and strewn on the path. Perhaps it’s the only time Jesus received praise worthy of a king! We heard earlier from John’s Gospel that the … Read more
Mark 10:32-45 Whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many If we cannot make sense of these … Read more
Any Concordia folks who would like to take on a needy mission project in the area this spring and summer, the Men’s Group is hosting Mr. Rik Hagarty as a speaker on Saturday April 17 at 1 PM in the fellowship hall. He is founder and VP of Operations for Servants at Work (SAWS), a … Read more
Psalm 16 comes up in our lectionary on Easter Day. Also noteworthy is that St. Peter quotes it in Acts 2, telling the Jews that though they put Jesus to death, God would not allow his Holy One to be bound by death. We know that Jesus’ resurrection is a resurrection promised to all his … Read more