Have you ever woken up in a feverish sweat because of a bad dream? It’s happened to me before. And if you’re like me, you are hesitant to go back to sleep because you know that dream is still there, waiting for you.
It happens sometimes that things are not what they appear to be. This is a true story:
Welcome Home! That’s the focus today and for the next three weeks here at Eastside. The idea is that we would all come to understand that the church is our home…
How would you feel if someone sat down next to you here at church specifically to find out how much you put in the offering plate? What if that person was your Savior, Jesus Christ?
In his inaugural speech in 1961, President John F. Kennedy famously stated, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” Is it possible that we could take that statement and apply it to our congregation? “Ask not what Eastside can do for you, but what you can do for Eastside?”
“It just doesn’t make sense…” We know 1+1=2. But there are plenty of times when the numbers just don’t seem to add up.
Today, we get to explore one of the best pictures of lived faith in perhaps the entire Bible. In Philemon, our reconciliation in Christ is applied concretely to a human relationship.
It’s amazing how a single word in English can mean so many different things! Take the word “football” for example. In one context it can refer to an oblong ball with helmets and touchdowns and in another, a round ball with goals.
It’s said that a pastor’s job in preaching is both to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Where are you this morning? Do you need to be afflicted or comforted?
It seems everyone today has been impacted by cancer. Now that may seem like an exaggeration, but maybe only slightly.
Eastside Evangelical Lutheran Church and School
2310 Independence Lane
Madison, WI 53704
