with Wanda
Matthew 24:12-13 Because of increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. It would be easy to give up on humans with all the evil that happens in our world every day. I… Continue Reading “Growing Cold”
Today is Reformation Sunday, and this year Lutherans are commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation! Reformation Sunday remembers when Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses in Wittenberg, Germany, on Oct. 31, 1517, which led to changes that have shaped the course of Western… Continue Reading “The Reformation”
Psalm 125:2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people both now and forevermore. Mike and I were in Colorado last week visiting our daughter who attends Colorado State University. While there we attended the CSU homecoming football game, tailgated, ate too… Continue Reading “Mountains”
1 Thessalonians 5:15-18: Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else. Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.… Continue Reading “Kindness In Action”
Romans 8:37-39 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth,… Continue Reading “Half Staff”
Mark 4:14-20 “The farmer sows the word. Some people are like seed along the path where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. Others, like seed sown on rocky… Continue Reading “Harvest”
Revelation 19:7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Last weekend I had the privilege of taking pictures of the first view at my niece’s wedding.… Continue Reading “Glimpses of Heaven”
Acts 20:28 – 31 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. I know that after I (Paul) leave, savage wolves… Continue Reading “Shepherd in the Church”
Philippians 4:12-14 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have yet taken… Continue Reading “The Bike Tour”
Ecclesiastes 5:19-20 Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work – this is a gift from God. He seldom reflects on the days of his life, because… Continue Reading “Happy In Your Work”