Article: The Mood of Christmas

Does the thought of 2024 excite you or scare you? Or is January 1 just a date on the calendar with no significant meaning? I can remember struggling to write the correct year on checks back when I wrote checks for everything.  Luckily, using a debit card eliminates that worry! For me personally, a new…

This past week, a friend shared the reflection below written by Luke Holmes who I do not know. It was thought provoking… Through years of practice and hard work, I have learned to spot a garage sale sign at great distances. Driving through OKC my eye caught a big one – not only was it…

I am distraught. Like you, I heard about the murders at the Gilroy Garlic Festival on Sunday evening and now the shootings in El Paso, Texas. I am not distraught because it is so close (Gilroy), I am saddened that mass gun violence is prevalent and a part of our culture and this event reminded…

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 Before the creation of the universe, there was God. Before the creation of the world, there was a spiritual realm. Everything we see and experience was first imagined in the heavenly realms. The permanent dwelling…

Last Sunday at Community Lutheran Church in Las Vegas, we conducted our annual congregational meeting. We accomplished several things at that meeting: We voted on a church budget for 2022, we discussed our ministries and we voted in two new council members. The budget I proposed to the congregation and adopted involved some painful decisions….

I ran across this article today from a website called gravityleadership.com. It was so good, I wanted to share it with you… One of the most difficult aspects of Christianity for me to embrace and practice has been the whole evangelism thing. Evangelism just doesn’t feel natural to a lot of us. It’s like evangelism is…