Christ: The Narrow Way: Listen to Sermon; Aug 22, 2010; Have you noticed how our Lord uses the word narrow as He relates it to the Kingdom of God. He refers to the narrow door and the narrow way. Often we hear references to moral, law-biding people as living on the "straight and narrow." Actually, many of o

Joy-filled Submission: Listen to Sermon; Aug 15, 2010; How often are you tempted to say "NO!" even before we find out what you're being asked to do? How often do you think you're so busy that you want to say "NO!" before you say "yes"? Life is busy. You're busy. You have full calendars and long lists of t

Of Birds, Lilies and Worry: Listen to Sermon; Aug 08, 2010; The lyrics of an old song tell us, "don't worry, be happy!" Obviously, the song writer saw a need for reminding people of what should be natural. Yet, we do worry and when we worry, we're not happy. So, what do you worry about? In today's Gospel readin

Disconnected or Connected to Christ?: Listen to Sermon; Aug 01, 2010; What if suddenly all cell phones disappeared? Think of life without a telephone or email or the internet. How would you feel? You'd probably think that you'd been disconnected from life. How is it we can be in a crowd of people yet without cell phones

Daily Bread---to us, through us: Listen to Sermon; Jul 25, 2010; In the 4th petition of the Lord's Prayer we ask, "give us this day our daily bread." Sometimes these words roll off our lips without much thought. This is part of Luther's genius when he wrote the Small Catechism. He forces us to think about what we sa

Busy, busy, busy!: Listen to Sermon; Jul 18, 2010; Busy, busy, busy! I'm so busy but aren't we all? Sometimes we feel overwhelmed. This is Martha's dilemma in today's Gospel.