St. Titus Titus 1:1-9 St. Titus was a companion of St. Paul and a coworker with him in the ministry of the gospel. The New Testament does not give us a lot of detail about his life, but it would seem that he was originally from Antioch, where he became a Christian within the congregation…
Philippians 4:4-7 My predecessor in office here at Bethany Lutheran Church left this comment, in response to the notification of Alberta’s passing and funeral that was posted on the congregation’s Facebook page: “Blesséd, yea BLESSÉD be her memory! … I absolutely loved every minute I ever spent with Alberta as her pastor.” That’s quite a…
John 2:1-11 It’s often the case that pretty much the only time you see certain distant relatives or old friends is at funerals and weddings. Usually, when you do have a chance to visit with these people at an event like this, you are glad that you had that chance. You both may also agree…
Matthew 3:13-17 When I was a teenager, one of my household chores was to wash the dishes every evening. One thing that became very clear to me, during these years of my juvenile dish-washing career, was that if you put dirty dishes into clean water, the water gets dirty. Depending on how encrusted…
Shirley Belair Funeral – 2 Corinthians 4:11-18 Quite a while before I moved to Minnesota, I saw a video – of a certain tongue-in-cheek, humorous character – about the Minnesota “long goodbye.” The video was ostensibly introducing people from other states – who might visit or move to Minnesota – to this aspect of Minnesota’s…
Epiphany – Matthew 2:1-12 In the Middle Ages, in western Europe, the festival of the Epiphany came to be seen as a festival about three gentile kings – from Arabia, Persia, and India – who were guided by a star to come and worship the Christchild. The names that were attached to these kings were…
Matthew 2:13-23 The festival of Christmas is always a day of joyous celebration. We remember God’s goodness and love in the sending of his Son to be our Savior, and as we do so, we are glad. The story of the birth of Jesus is a declaration that God cares about us. He has not…