Isaiah is on a bit of a theme here in Advent and we might want to pay attention. Last week he spoke of swords into plowshares and spears into pruning

It is the First Sunday of a new Liturgical Year. Time to do some thinking and planning as a pastor and as a provider of Sunday Sermon. I have long

From the title of this post, you can see that we are a little bit of two minds about this Sunday. Of course, you may be of one mind about

Our thoughts are turned toward the eschaton today, last things, the reappearance of our Lord Jesus. The Bible is clear on several things for us. It will be a time

Just before we do a deep dive into eschatology, the end of the world, the return of the King, we have this little pause in the calendar. It is here

Five years ago we were all worked up for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. I still have my playmobil Luther figurine on a shelf in my dining room. It

The Gospel reading this week involves two stories which revolve around the common theme of pride and humility. The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector contrasts the spiritual

We often lose sight of the fact that forgiveness is in fact a metaphor, taking a word from one realm and potently applying it to another. Forgiveness is what banks