Video- Story: The Other Animal in the Stable
This is the story that I wrote for our children at Bethel Lutheran Church for the Christmas Eve family worship service. This is a live reading so it is a little rough! Enjoy! Merry Christmas!
This is the story that I wrote for our children at Bethel Lutheran Church for the Christmas Eve family worship service. This is a live reading so it is a little rough! Enjoy! Merry Christmas!
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…
Prisoner #16670 Unconditional love is uncommon. Sure it is easy to love those who love you. I can even see loving those who are nice to you. It is very different to love a stranger or even an enemy. We all know the words of Jesus that relate to this very concept: If you love…
Here is a video of where our church took our llamas this summer. If you are curious about why we have llamas, go here- http://bethelcupertino.org/llama/
My friend Bruce Ewing at Community Lutheran Church in Las Vegas, NV. He sings this song the best, just don’t tell him, it goes to his head!
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…
“Make Friends” is an initiative of the Elijah Interfaith Institute, an interfaith organization with offices in Israel and the United States. In a press release, organizers said the project’s mission is to counter the idea that people view each others’ religions with distrust or disdain ― and to potentially even reduce violence conducted in the…