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….
We continue in our sermon series on how we connect with God. Religious rigidity gets in the way of that connection. So much so we can get into ruts that we can’t get out of. Jesus frees us from our personal ruts!
We continue in our sermon series Sneak PeAk. Sometimes we get stuck on the foothills instead climbing up to the mountain to see things more clearly from God’s point of view and experience that “Higher Love.”
We are in a new series called: Sneak PeAk: Vistas of God’s Grace. We are looking at the faith stories that involve mountains. In this message, we look at two greats of the Old Testament who experienced fear and negativity.
Having COVID stinks. There I said it. My heart goes out to all who suffered much worse and to those families who lost loved ones to this horrible virus. Yes like most people, I was wishing 2022 would be different somehow. Maybe it will be, but not quite yet. Instead of wishing, I need to…
May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. 2 Thessalonians 3:5 The verse above appears to be a blessing bestowed upon the church of Thessalonica by Saint Paul. I need both of those blessings. First to be guided into God’s love and then to persevere like Jesus, especially in 2022. Like you,…
Do we have a seven day a week faith or is it a Sunday morning thing? I use the metaphor of a backpack to take with us wherever we go. Don’t drop it!
As we step into the new year we can learn something from the Christmas Classic, It’s A Wonderful Life. Christmas and New Years all in one message!
Well, we step into a new year on Saturday. I know, I know, dates are a human creation, but this is the way we mark time, and a new year is upon us. I don’t know what the new year holds for us as individuals or as a church, but I am sure of one…
This is Pastor Ben Bergren’s Christmas message on December 24th, 2021. This is a reminder that God delivers us…
