Category Archives: Pastor’s Blog

It’s been a while since I’ve written a post (You can read Thesis 1, 2, and 3), but I would like to pick up on my series going through Law & Gospel that I started over a year ago.  Let’s … Continue reading →

John 3:16 is back in the news with a commercial put together by Focus on the Family, that was aired during the NFL playoffs.  It’s a great verse, and a great commercial.  Yet this verse often gets a bad rap, as … Continue reading →

January is Sanctity of Life Month.  While it is sad that such a month is necessary, it is also a good thing for the Church to be able to speak out against abortion and for life from conception to natural … Continue reading →

O Root of Jesse, who stands for an ensign before the people, Before whom kings are mute and to whom the nations will do homage: Come quickly to deliver us. Jesus is the great deliverer King.  He is the one who … Continue reading →

O Adonai and ruler of the house of Israel, Who appeared to Moses in the burning bush and gave him the Law on Sinai: Come with an outstretched arm and redeem us.  When the Lord revealed Himself to Moses through the … Continue reading →

Tonight begins the “O Antiphons.”  That is, the verses that eventually became the hymn “O Come, O Come Emmanuel.”  Prior to this hymn, they were an “antiphon” (a verse that comes before and after a Biblical song or psalm.  In … Continue reading →

It is no secret that I’m a Green Bay Packers fan.  After all, Green Bay is the town I was born and raised in.  In fact, on a clear day in the fall or winter, you can see the stadium … Continue reading →

How big is “your Jesus?  It is a bit of an odd question, I admit.  But take a moment to think about it.  Is the Jesus you speak about doing what any other person could do?  Maybe he’s doing it … Continue reading →

If you have a TV or watch TV, by now you’ve already been inundated with commercials for “Black Friday” depicting crazed shoppers acting like strung out meth addicts.  If not, you’re lucky.  It is probably appropriate that now advertising media … Continue reading →

This last Sunday we heard Jesus say “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”  This week, as my family and I mourned the loss of my Uncle and Godfather Dale, Jesus was true to His Word, as … Continue reading →