Are You Narrow Enough?
Does this section from Luke 13 give you the shivers? Doesn’t it strike just the smallest amount of fear in your heart?
Entries by Amanda Petersen
Pioneers on the Path to Heaven
What do you think of when you hear the word, pioneers? University of Wisconsin–Platteville?
Stop Worrying, Your Father Knows What You Need
A study was done on the frequency of Christian character traits taught in the New Testament. It probably won’t surprise you that love was number one, taught some fifty times. It may surprise you that a close second was humility with 40 instances.
Our Christian Responsibility for Generations to Come
“The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.” This sentence is one of the most famous quotes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer,
Don’t Play the Fool
Perhaps the parable that Jesus tells today hits a little close to home. Perhaps, like I have, you’ve struggled with this story.
No Prayer For Mercy Goes Unheard
It may be ambitious, but if you listen carefully, a study of our first reading today will answer a lot of burning questions that Christians have today. Questions like: How should we think about God’s wrath and judgment in the Bible?
“One Thing is Needed”
It’s amazing how fast things become useless, that we once thought absolutely necessary. For instance, I remember a doctor who said he’d have a pager on his hip until the day he died.
What to Expect from Your Pastor
I’m a huge believer in following the lectionary. To some of you this will come as no surprise. I’ve said it time and again. Perhaps some of you are wondering what in the world is “the lectionary.”
A Door Opened by Grace: The WELS Mission to Vietnam
Our June Jumble Days raised over $7,000 this year, all of which will be given to the WELS mission in Vietnam. (I’d like to say another “Thank you!” to all the volunteers who made this possible!)
Christ’s Compassion Will Bless America
I’m guessing that at some point everyone in this room has either said or sung the words “God bless America.” In fact, it’d be interesting to have a count of the total number of times that short prayer will be spoken in the coming weeks as we approach the 4th of July.
