The privilage of stewarding God’s generous gifts for all As we are invited today to consider what it means to be managers (rather than owners) of all that we have, it is crucial to recognize that we are bought with a price. “Christ Jesus, himself human,...
Broadening the circle by seeking those on the edges The grumbling of the religious leaders in today’s gospel is actually our holy hope: This Jesus welcomes sinners and eats with them. That our God seeks and saves the lost is not only a holy hope, it is our only hope....
Our prayer – Refresh & strengthen my heart in Christ Called to contemplate the cost of discipleship, we might be helped by translating Paul’s request to Philemon into our prayer of the day: Refresh my heart in Christ. Strengthened by the company and...
Hear ye, hear ye! Did you know that on Sunday, August 28, at 12:30 pm there will be a picnic for Grace Lutheran Church? It will be at the Rotary Shelter in Willamette Park in south Corvallis off Hwy 99W. The church will provide bratwurst and all the fixings as...
God’s round banquet table shares abundance equally Invited and inviting—that is the nature of the church. By God’s grace in holy baptism we have a place at Christ’s banquet table. When, by the power of that same Spirit, humility and mutual love continue among...
