Week 5 – The People of God in a Strange LandActs 8:9-24 Conversion of Simon MagusActs 8:26-40 Conversion of the Ethiopian Eunuch As we’ve noted many times before, the people of God spend a lot of time waiting for the arrival of the Messiah. They don’t always wait patiently, and they often wait with desperation. In the waiting, they reach out for…
Week 1 – The People of God in a Strange LandMatthew 2:13-23 Flight to EgyptMark 6:1-16 Jesus not respected in Nazareth By the time we arrive in Matthew and Mark, the people of God havebeen awaiting the Messiah for a long time. Of course, they aren’t the onlypeople on the face of the earth. So when a Messiah shows up, and isspoken…
We hear how the 121st Psalm has gotten one of our mission co-workers, Jonathan Seitz, and his family through COVID as they live, move, and have their being in Taiwan.
As our world has turned and churned and changed over the past months, one of the things that has been brought to the light is that we, as humans, are very good at being bad to one another. Calvin’s total depravity has been on witness throughout these months, over masks, and restaurants, over toilet paper,…
A music Sunday
A Sunday with the Psalter.
Week 3 – The People of God in a Strange LandMicah 3:1-12 Destruction of JerusalemMicah 4:1-5 The New Jerusalem Micah manages to present two images of Jerusalem in these texts, the old Jerusalem, and the new Jerusalem. The old Jerusalem has issues. Micah and God use a series of contrasting and conflicting images to present a city and it’s inhabitants who think…
Week 2 – The People of God in a Strange LandZephaniah 1:14-18, 3:14-20 Call to a different way of life. The day of the Lord comes. It comes with condemnation, justice, and punishment. In the first part of the reading, the day of the Lord comes, and we don’t want to see it come. It comes with consequences for misbehavior, for sin,…
We’ll be hosting a Red Cross Blood drive on July 28th, 2020 from 2 to 6 pm in the Fellowship Hall. The summer months have a particularly high need for blood, and a number of blood drives have had to be cancelled over the length of the COVID-19 pandemic, so supplies are down. If you…
Benjamin and Tricia lead us in worship, reflecting on the last year (their 4th) in service at LCC in Klaepeda, Lithuania.
