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Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in which of us. Amen
As most of you know, this year Salem will celebrate it’s 130th anniversary. For over a century and a quarter, this congregation has gathered in the name of Jesus to be the church here in Lenexa, Kansas. Now for us Lutherans, being the church…
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Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in which of us. Amen
As I noted in my sermon last week, Mark is the only one of the four Gospel writers that does not tell us anything about Jesus’ origin, his birth, or his childhood. Mark, was the first person to actually write Jesus’ story and for Mark, the very first…
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Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in which of us. Amen
For most people Christmas was over by the end of the day on December 25, but technically, the Season of Christmas doesn’t end until tomorrow, which is the 12th day of Christmas. Well, the Season of Christmas is almost over. Now if you are…
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Merry Christmas!
Several weeks ago, my wife, Jill, and I had the privilege of traveling to Israel and while we were there we visited the city of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus. Now, we don’t have proof of the exact location of the place Jesus was born, but ancient tradition has identified what is believed to be his actual birthplace. In fact, not only has ancient tradition identified what…
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Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in which of us. Amen
For the past couple of weeks, we have heard how John accepted God’s call for his ministry and how John said the world was to prepare for the unbelievable event of God entering the world, literally in human form. If you remember, John said, to prepare…
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Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in which of us. Amen
Waiting is so hard, isn’t it? I am not a patient person and I don’t like to wait for things, not even good things. Coming home from Israel was a real eye opener for me as to how bad I am at waiting. Our last day in Israel was a long day. It was…
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Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in which of us. Amen
Well, it is a new year in the church and that means the Season of Advent has now begun. Which means, although the rest of the world is now in full Christmas mode, we Lutherans, and many other mainline church folks, are supposed to not recognize the Christmas…
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Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in which of us. Amen
So, here we are at the end of the church year. As we will do next week, once again, we began this past year by anticipating the coming again of the Word Incarnate. Then we celebrated the birth of Christ during Christmas. Then we witnessed to how God…
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Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in which of us. Amen
It is good to be back, but to be very honest Jill and I were in no hurry to come home. Our trip to Israel was absolutely incredible and it was one that I believe changed both of us. To walk in the very places that the great prophets walked and taught…
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Grace and peace to you from God our Creator, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, who abides in which of us. Amen
Today is the last Sunday in October, which means in the church calendar today is Reformation Sunday. For many Lutherans, it is kind of like our “national pride day.” We like to talk about how it was Luther who challenged the church of his day and sought…