Living Powerfully
“My grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Cor 12:9 Boasting about…Weakness? Boasting is something we are usually discouraged from doing and yet…
Living Generously
“I do not say this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love against the earnestness of others. For you know the generous act of our…
Living Honestly
Christians live as if the gospel were true. At least that’s how we’re supposed to live. That was even the goal way back in the Apostle Paul’s time when he…
Living Confidently
Trust Your Instruments “We are always confident… for we walk by Faith & not by Sight” Some of St Paul’s most lasting words… WE WALK BY FAITH AND NOT BY…
Living Renewed
Losing Heart I have always loved a good nap. I never thought much about it until a couple years ago when naps didn’t seem to cure my daily over-tiredness. I…
Living by Faith | Part 1: Living to Serve
I find it much easier to think about what it means to live a life of service in theory. By that I mean that I can understand the love of…
Adopted by God
Saint Paul in the portion of his letter to the Romans which we read this Sunday, explained God’s relationship to us in terms of adoption. “For you did not receive…
Recognizing the Spirit
How is God present in the world today? That answer is sometimes a difficult one in many Lutheran circles because quite honestly, we don’t talk about the Spirit much. Encountering…
A Beautiful Invitation
On Sunday we read the story of Jesus ascending to heaven (Luke 24:44-53) and heard once again the call for the disciples to not just stand there looking up, but…
A Holy Conspiracy
I love a good conspiracy theory. Now hear me out. The word “conspire” has two Latin words at its root “con”, which means “with” or “alongside”, and “spirare”, which means,…