From the Pastor

This week’s gospel combines a saying that makes many of us uncomfortable with a story we find comforting. Jesus’ saying on divorce is another of

“God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday is an opportunity to share who we are as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – one church, freed in

This week we hear James warn against selfish ambition, while the disciples quarrel over which one of them is the greatest. Jesus tells them the

Although this week’s scripture asks the question, “Who do you say that I am?” The question is not only a question of identity but also

As we begin a new year of Sunday School and fall ministry, the scriptures for today invite us to answer God’s call like so many

When clay becomes a pot, it must first have a center. Faith and religious practice have lost their center in this Sunday’s readings. Quoting Isaiah,

Last Sunday, our gospel text shared the story of Jesus feeding the 5000 with a boys offering of bread and fish.  Apparently not satisfied by

This Sunday is the first of several Sundays with gospel readings from John 6, which focus on Jesus as bread of life. In this passage

This week’s gospel might simultaneously make us uncomfortable and be comforting. Many Bibles include a heading before this gospel reading (Mark 10:13-16) that says something