Greetings to you on this the Lord’s Day.  In our scripture reading today we find ourselves along the sea and hear Jesus calling to the first disciples.  The disciples were ordinary men who like us were broken and sinful, yet Christ called them and used them nonetheless.  The picture above is a picture of Japanese…

Lord…We thank you for your church, founded upon your Word, that challenges us to do more than sing and pray, but go out and work as though the very answer to our prayers depended on us and not upon you. Help us to realize that humanity was created to shine like the stars and live on through…

Blessings to you on this the Lord’s Day.  We find ourselves today in January 2021 and we are still waiting it seems.  It is the season of Epiphany in the church and today is the second Sunday of the season, yet we are still waiting.  It is MLK weekend and it has been over 50…

O Lord, hear our prayer: Dismay. Shock. Lament. How did it come to this? Almighty God, we confess the sins of the worst parts of our history. We ask that your Holy Spirit guide us toward a deep repentance. We confess that too often we have relied upon temporal promises which come and go with…