Fairhaven, MN
August 23, 2022 Friends, We talk a lot in church about how God disciplines us. It comes up often, not in the sense of time-outs and groundings and taking away privileges, but more generally in the sense of training and formation. Like pruning the dead stems from a vine and
Sunday, August 21, 2022 Rev. David Buchs
August 16, 2022 Friends, Our world appears to be beset by scarcity. There’s not enough to go around, or there’s always the sense that someday we’ll run out. Food, energy, land, water – take your pick. The story of our world is the story of things getting used up. That’s
Sunday, August 14, 2022 Rev. David Buchs
August 9, 2022 Friends, In Proverbs, Wisdom is always calling, always inviting, always hoping that the simple will listen and grow wise. “If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you” (Prov. 2:23). “Come, eat of
August 1, 2022 Friends, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;fools despise wisdom and instruction” (Proverbs 1:7). The starting place of Proverbs is humility. It is the idea that I don’t know everything. Moreover, I don’t know everything that I should or that I must. And even
July 19, 2022 Friends, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about the Proverbs lately, and you may have noticed this in Bible Study. It’s a very worthy book! Unlike the Biblical books that have historical accounts (like Genesis or Exodus or the Gospels) or the books that record
Sunday, July 17, 2022 Rev. David Buchs
July 12, 2022 Friends, If you were going to invite a friend to church, what would you say? If he asked you, “Why should I go?”, how would you answer? Why do you go to church? There’s a wide range of reasons that people go to church, just as there
Sunday, July 10, 2022 Rev. David Buchs