May 4, 2022 -- "Knowing About vs. Knowing Jesus" Part 2
I’d like to return to the theme of “knowing” Jesus vs. being in relationship with him. Jesus said: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord,...
April 27, 2022 -- "Know Jesus"
The crowds lined the streets. Everyone wanted to see this miracle worker who also spoke words that implied he had an intimate...
April 20 -- "Death Doesn't Get the Last Word"
A number of years ago, I was walking to Erickson’s funeral home, to have a devotion with a family prior to the start of a visitation. As...
April 13, 2022 -- "The Waiting Must Have Been Hard"
Waiting can be hard. Sometimes the waiting is filled with excitement and joy. I think back to when I was a child as Christmas neared. I...
March 2, 2022 -- "Ash Wednesday"
Devotion – March 2, 2022 – Ash Wednesday A blessed good morning to everyone. Today is a day of special holiness – it is “Ash Wednesday.”...
February 23, 2022 -- "To the Glory of God"
I know that Christians get a lot of bad press these days. That’s why I am happy to tell you about an article that came out in a Toronto,...
February 16 -- "What Do You Want Me to Do for You?"
As he approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard a crowd going by, he asked what was happening....
February 9, 2022 -- "Fatigue - Part II"
“When they [Jesus and the disciples] came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him, and said, ‘Lord, have mercy on my son, for...
February 2, 2022 -- "Anti-Fatigue Actions"
I hit a nerve with people when in the Church letter about our updated Covid practices, I said that I felt “fatigued” by the whole thing....
January 26, 2022 -- "The Master's Touch"
Mark writes in the first chapter of his Gospel: “After John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God and...