VBS 2017 Video

Jesus loves everyone (period, end of sentence). Jesus accepts and welcomes everyone who comes seeking connection (no exclusions apply). Jesus freely absolves us from our brokenness, shortcomings and the dumb stuff we do (without guilt and shame). Yet, most of the world doesn’t know this. Your neighbors do not know this. Your friends do not…

God declares this truth through the prophet Isaiah… As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from…

Jesus said… “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thorn bushes, or grapes from briers. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man…

Our Pilgrimage to Houston by Pr. Ben Bergren Marianne Nadell, 8 high school youth and myself are back from the National Youth Gathering in Houston, Texas. We gathered with Lutherans (ELCA) from around the United States and explored the theme, “This Changes Everything.” Every day we looked at a different aspect of that theme as…