Monthly Archives: August 2020

Pastors, if you are having trouble visiting your members at the nursing home, recognize that the person you are talking to has no authority. And even if you talk to the nursing home administrator, they likely have no authority. You … Continue reading →

We are now in month seven of “two weeks to flatten the curve”. In that time, nursing homes have been essentially shut down. The people – human beings – who live there (if you can call that living) are being … Continue reading →

If you couldn’t make it to church, here’s the sermon for today. If you could make it, and want to review it, GREAT! If you could make it, but didn’t go – read it anyway. Next week, see you there. … Continue reading →

There are so many clear and uplifting Gospel readings throughout the year, which speak beautifully of the gift of salvation, and the promise of forgiveness to all those who repent of their sins and believe on the name of Jesus. … Continue reading →

The great Economist(?) Ernest Hemingway said that bankruptcy happens two ways: First gradually, then suddenly. I think Colleges are going to be taking a whirlwind tour of those two phases in the next couple of years. I saw a headline … Continue reading →

Our Lord instructs us to be innocent as doves and wise as serpents. Sometimes, I think people misinterpret this to mean we are to be credulous as Charlie Brown running toward the football, and stuck in an ivory tower pondering … Continue reading →

Those words from this past Sunday’s Gospel reading ran through my mind when I saw a recent document from our seminary in Saint Louis. They have new COVID-friendly guidelines for the chapel service. Oddly, it isn’t on the chapel page. … Continue reading →

Sermon from Sunday, in which I explain the importance of doctrine. We’ve been hearing about the growth of the Christian for the last couple of months – how we mature in the faith, growing in faith toward God and in … Continue reading →