Fairhaven, MN
May 23, 2023 Dear friends, “Someone traveling in the Dakota prairies for the first time might notice that the few trees which have been planted by human hands never stand straight but have all grown crooked. In some it is not only the trunk that has this tendency, but also
May 16, 2023 Dear friends, This week is a little wonky! Here are the details: Wednesday morning chapel (9:30am) and Bible Study (10am) like normal. Women’s Bible Study is on Wednesday at 7pm (instead of the usual 6pm).We’re wrapping up our study of virtues – Loyalty and Chastity. Men’s Bible
April 26, 2023 Dear friends, You may have heard me make this recommendation in Bible Study a couple of times over the last week, but I want to make it just one more time and put it in writing. Galatians 5 contains a striking description of the conflict between the
They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?” (Luke 24:32) April 18, 2023 Dear friends, “Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written
April 10, 2023 Dear friends, First, a reminder! FAMILY NIGHT is Wednesday evening at 5:30pm. Pizza and the 8th commandment! I think this forecast means we’ll be doing our lesson outside. . .! Second, let me urge you this week to spend more time reading the Bible! Last week, the
April 3, 2023 Dear friends, I’ve shared this message the last couple of years, and it bears repeating again. Holy Week is a gift to us as the days leading up to Easter are set apart for giving special attention to the Passion of Jesus. It is called his Passion
March 28, 2023 Dear friends, While I was a vicar in a Chicago suburb about 10 years ago, I was assigned to preach on Thanksgiving Eve. A common text for Thanksgiving is the story of the ten lepers whom Jesus cleansed. They all went away well, but only one returned
March 21, 2023 Dear friends, “On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come” (1 Corinthians 16:2). Did you do your homework? What did you discover
March 14, 2023 Dear friends, “Bring the full tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing
March 7, 2023 Dear friends, “Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love” (Micah 7:18). Steadfast love is what moves God to give. He gave the earth