Faith-Filled Fridays: Reopening? Hit Reset!
Reopening? Hit Reset! Rev. Bill Geis There’s a popular meme that goes like this, “We need to re-install 2020, it has a virus!” It gives a smile in trying times, yet few of us imagined all the losses and massive change the world would experience as 2020 began. Even with...
The Forgotten Festival
And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”… And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll...
Faith-Filled Fridays: What’s a Staged Opening?
What’s a staged opening? Rev. Marty Hasz In the last few days I heard people ask, “Why does reopening church have to be so complicated?” “Why we can’t just get back to business as usual? “This seems to be blown out of proportion!” Let me comfort you, we...
Do Not Be Anxious About Tomorrow
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:33-34 There are still many troubled and anxious...
God Keeps More Than Promises
“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26 As God’s children, we are called to keep God’s commandments. To keep means that we are to guard and treasure those words from...
Longing to See You
“But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face.” 1 Thessalonians 2:17 Letter writing has become a lost art in this era of texts and Snapchats....
Part of Something Greater
I urge you, then, be imitators of me. That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church. 1 Corinthians 4:16-17 Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Hattula, Finland was constructed...
The Challenge of Clergy Isolation During COVID-19 Days
The Challenge of Clergy Isolation During COVID-19 DaysA Letter from DoxologyMost pastors didn’t have “Global Pandemic” on their calendar for Spring 2020. Yet, faithful pastors continue to do what it is that they have been given to do as they care for their sheep and lambs, preaching the Word in...