Eager for God’s power to burst through Stir up your power, and come! The psalmist’s plea in Psalm 80:2 has become familiar to us in the Advent prayers. Isaiah wants God to rip the heavens open. Both cry out for an apparently distant, angry God to show up, to...
Christ rules as shepherd to serve and teach On this final Sunday of the church year our gospel is Jesus’ great story of judgment. In the end, the faithful are those who served Christ by ministering to those who are poor, hungry, naked, sick, or estranged. In the first...
An interview with Pr. Remy Remmers with Dave Lundahl, Grace Council President Pastor Remy will start their new call at Grace Monday, December 4. Dave Lundahl: So here today, with Pastor Remy. So one of the questions I’m sure that everybody at Grace wants to...
Create signs of hope by using gifts for common good Our readings during November speak of the end times. Zephaniah proclaims that the coming day of the Lord will be filled with wrath and distress. Paul says it will come like a thief in the night and urges us to be...
Encourage one another with Christ’s promises Today the prophet Amos calls for justice to roll down like waters. Paul urges us to encourage one another with the promised coming of the Lord. Jesus tells the parable of the wise and foolish bridesmaids. Surrounded...
