This quick video is based on the devotional I gave to the VBS leaders on Friday, June 14, 2013. Sometimes it’s good to look at familiar passages like the Great Commission and hear them with fresh ears. Go tell it on the...
Text: Acts 6:1-7:60 listen to the sermon audio. I want to take a quick poll. How many of you were raised Lutheran? It’s OK if you weren’t. I wasn’t. Of those who were raised Lutheran, I’m curious to know how many of you thought of yourself as...
This week we had to submit our case study to our peer review group in the class Gospel and Cultures. My three peer group partners are from Ethiopia, Tansania, and Burma. It was sobering to read the contrast between their case studies and mine. My study focuses on the...
What makes you afraid? I think many of us have a certain level of phobia lurking around inside. I know I suffer from Cnidophobia. That’s the fear of stings. Seriously, ever since I was a little kid I’ve been terrified of flying stinging bugs. Even now, when a bee or...