Hope Springs Eternal?  No, A Living and Eternal Hope “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” 1 Peter 1:3 Opening day of the...

The Passion of our Lord According to the Hymnwriter   “Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a...

Richard "Dick" Jostes May 27, 1951 – March 26, 2021 Richard “Dick” Jostes, 69, was called to his heavenly home on March 26, 2021. Richard "Dick" Alan Jostes was born May 27, 1951 in Norfolk, Nebraska to Leonard and Doris (Preuss) Jostes.  He was baptized into the Christian faith at...

Now You Are the Body of Christ For the body does not consist of one member but of many…If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.  Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. 1 Corinthians 1:14, 26-27 There are numerous metaphors that...