Pastor’s Note
A word about Holy Communion in this time
A Pastoral Note from Pastor Chris Enstad Dear friends, Many people have made use of our online worship offerings over these past two weeks and are giving us helpful hints…
Read MoreMini-Easters & Miracles
Decorating Early I put my Easter decorations out really early this year. The lengthy winter made me long for signs of new life- the spring flowers, sunshine, rain, sprouting leaves…
Read MoreDevotion from Pastor Dara | March 17, 2020
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff– they comfort me. – Psalm 23:4 Light &…
Read MoreReset
What am I Forgetting? When the sun is shining and the roads are cleared of snow and salt, I try as best as I can to ride my bicycle to…
Read MoreThe Need for Change
Time for a Restart Our theme for Lent at Good Shepherd is “Spiritual Reboot: Building Resiliency for a Life of Faith”. As our worship staff brainstormed, looking at the Bible…
Read MoreTo See The Son
It’s Good to be Here If I could find that place where I know Jesus was always present and was not only just there but was there in a hugely…
Read MoreThe Heart of God
A Bridge From Old to New We are coming to the end of what some scholars believe are the most important series of texts in our 3-year lectionary cycle. This…
Read MoreReconciled in Christ
Age-Old Infighting In our Gospel today (Matthew 5:13-20), Jesus calls us to dedicate ourselves to be salt and light in the world, in order to witness to the kingdom of…
Read MoreThe Beatitudes
The Kingdom has Come Near The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12) form the beginning of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, Jesus’ first sermon. And what a sermon it is! Remember how Matthew…
Read MoreBelief and Resolution
Resolution Check-Up Brothers & sisters in Christ with everything going on in our world and in your lives – thank you for making time for worship this morning. We are…
Read MoreWe Forgive as We Have Been Forgiven
Living our Mission As we move through this season of Epiphany we are spending a few weeks thinking and praying about Jesus as God’s light to the whole world and…
Read MoreGod Welcomes Us.
Forgotten Words Lead to Warm Welcome On my first day as a pastor at Good Shepherd, which also happened to be my first day as a pastor ever, I was…
Read MoreEpiphany
A Sudden Realization Epiphany is one of those church words that we hear a lot but maybe we have forgotten what it means or maybe we never knew what it…
Read MoreLet Us Walk in the Light of the Lord
Realism & Hope Expectations are powerful emotions that can serve to excite and defeat us. How many of you have lived with a set of expectations for yourself or others…
Read MoreGod Gives Us Hope & Peace
What to make of a Stump Growing up, my parents spent a lot of time outside doing gardening and landscaping projects all around my childhood home. I dreaded the times…
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