Joel 2:12-13 {Prayer} In our more contemporary society, we don’t really encounter ashes. We live in a culture which sanitizes pretty much everything. Anything unsightly, like ashes, have been removed from view. At one time, vehicles use to come with ash trays and cigarette lighters, but now there is a USB port and…
Luke 22:1-23 {Prayer} Caroline was a woman who had her place. If this was her church, it would there on the right-hand side, near the stained glass window with Luther’s Rose, and closest to the side aisle. That was where she worshiped and to her, that was her place. Caroline’s pastor learned this as…
Zechariah 1:1-6 {Prayer} This painting titled The Tower of Babel was painted in 1563 by Dutch artist Pieter Bruegel. The painting depicts the story in Genesis 11 where the people say, “Come, let us build a tower and let us make a name for ourselves” (11:4). What lies at the heart of The Tower…
Galatians 6:14 14 May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. Dear Friends in Christ, I love how our choir started off our service this evening and really the entire Lenten season with that beautiful song entitled “I Come…
John 13:1-30 Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet 1 It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 The evening meal was in progress, and the…
Luke 18:9-14 The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed:…