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We are in part three of our four-part message series: God with us. We are basing it off the verse from the Christmas story, Matthew 1:23, that says, “Look, the virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and they will call him “Emmanuel” which means, “God with us!” God became a human,Continue reading “God with Us In the Storm”

We are on part two of our message series called “God with us.” We’re letting a verse from the Christmas story be an anchor for us. In Matthew’s gospel, 1:23, it says, “Look, the virgin will conceive a child. She’ll give birth to a son, and they will call him Emmanuel, which means, “God with us.”  Last week we learnedContinue reading “God with Us in the Wilderness”

Today is the start of Advent and we are beginning a new message series. There is an Advent hymn: O come O Come …who? Emmanuel! We call Jesus Emmanuel, because of the verse from Matthew 1:23, “Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which means, God is withContinue reading “God With Us In the Valley”

Today is Christ the King Sunday, the last day of the church year. Christ is King! God as king makes me think of God, up in the sky, far away from us and life here on earth. We want to be close to God and experience peace, joy, and the blessings of knowing Him. SoContinue reading “The Joy of Living a Merciful Life”

Today we’re going to talk about taking responsibility for our lives.  Irresponsibility is when I don’t take responsibility for the things I’m responsible for, and when I’m irresponsible, someone else has to take up my responsibility. Irresponsibility is not easy to recognize in yourself. And irresponsibility started from the beginning of time.  In one of the first stories in ourContinue reading “Your Response Ability”

Wouldn’t it be nice to be descended from someone famous? My mom used to say we were descended from the great King of Ireland, Brian Boru. But, she said, “Everyone who is Irish thinks they are descended from him.”   Maybe you are related to someone famous. But even if you are not, if you areContinue reading “Shining Through”

Today’s message is about being called. Have you gotten a lot of phone calls related to the election lately? Texts? Endless pieces of mail? If you’re watching at home and you’ve received too many calls, etc., type in “I’ve been called!” I remember my mother-in-law lived in Iowa. She used to say she stopped answering the phone inContinue reading “Called!”

“A Mighty Fortress is our God” is one of my best hymns! I wrote the music and the words, but it’s from Psalm 46. It’s wonderful to hear it played and all of you singing!   I am glad to be with you on a special occasion, Reformation Sunday. I am Martin Luther, I kicked offContinue reading “God’s Free Gift of Grace: Preached by Martin Luther”

Do you remember learning to ride a bike? You need to trust the person helping you ride a bike. You want them to keep holding on and never let go, but they know they need to let go when you are ready. It is hard to learn to ride a bike if you do not trust thatContinue reading “Who do you trust?”

Bob was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary and his wife was really angry. She told him “Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in the driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in 6 seconds AND IT BETTER BE THERE!” The next morning, he got up early and left for work. When his wife wokeContinue reading “Peace with God”