“You are one body and one spirit, just as God also called you in one hope.” (Ephesians 4:4, CEB) Dear Friends, Nearly forty years ago God called me to be […]

“The Comforter”   “What is your only comfort, in life or in death?” begins the Heidelberg Catechism of 1563. It’s a very good question to ask ourselves, given the proliferation

Devotion: February 19, 2023 | Transfiguration   Yesterday as we drove up North for a brief time away, the storm grabbed ahold of us just south of Milwaukee as we

The Baptism of the Lord “Let it be so now; for it is proper in this way to fulfill all righteousness.”   -Jesus of Nazareth (Mt. 3:15)     Jesus’ public

“A Righteous Man…” Each December we retell the Christmas Story with childlike wonder and delight in the angels and shepherds, the ox and the ass, the mother and child, the

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, which may be the case because of my firm belief that “there’s always room for more.”  More turkey and stuffing.  More mashed potatoes and gravy. 

“I am confident of this, that God who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it on the day of Jesus Christ.” -Philippians 1:6 Dear First

  During the hard time when God’s people were living in exile, many had given up hope that God would act to deliver the people. In Psalm 137, the psalmist