TAKE UP YOUR CROSS Devotional for September 16, 2018 based upon Mark 8: 27-38 Jesus never calls upon anyone to do anything that He Himself would not do and/or has…
JESUS HEALS TODAY Devotional for September 9, 2018 based upon Mark 7: 24-37 Our Gospel reading for this morning tells of a time when a group of people whom Mark…
GIVE JESUS YOUR BOAT Devotional for Labor Day weekend, September 2, 2018, based upon Luke 5: 1-11 I have heard that one-third of all Americans say that they hate their…
PUT ON THE GOSPEL ARMOR Devotional for August 26, 2018 based upon Ephesians 6: 10-20 One person said, “When I became a follower of Jesus, I thought that everything would…
“PLEASE, LORD, SPARE THE CONGREGATIONS” That was my prayer as I read a recent announcement from United Lutheran Seminary, the ELCA school of theology that was formed by the merger…
BE CAREFUL THEN HOW YOU LIVE Devotional for August 19, 2018 based upon Ephesians 5: 15-20 In six verses the apostle Paul describes proper behavior for good living. He tells…
JESUS IS THE BREAD OF LIFE Devotional for August 12, 2018 based upon John 6: 35, 41-51 Every culture on earth has some form of bread, be it bagels, biscuits,…
TRUST AND OBEY Devotional for August 5, 2018 based upon Exodus 16: 2-4, 9-15 There was a song we used to sing when I was growing up entitled “Trust and…
Lutheran CORE has sent a letter to ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton asking her to take action in light of some of the keynote speakers at the recent youth gathering.…