It’s been said that “you don’t know what you’ve got ‘till it’s gone.” It could be that something you took for granted is gone and now you miss it. Or, it could be that when you’ve lost something you thought was really important you discover that actually wasn’t. You just don’t know . . . until it’s gone. For example, did you…

Prerecorded from April 7, 2019

A pastor friend of mine (well, he’s a pastor now but he was once my Confirmation student) . . . this pastor friend of mine pointed out a recent quote from a classmate of mine (who’s a big-wig now in the Synod). It’s a little satire on Satan asking God for permission to strike humanity with a new plague with lots of…

Some of you will remember the polio outbreaks in the 1940’s and 50’s. In 1949, polio infected more than 42,000 people and caused 2,720 deaths in the United States. In comparison, the present pandemic has infected the same number of people and already caused more than 500 deaths in the U.S. in just the past two weeks. The total number of those…

Copied from March 24, 2019 in lieu of no service on March 22, 2020/

This is the sermon which was prepared for the Lenten Midweek service scheduled for today but cancelled due to “social distancing” requests.