It sounds like a movie title. But in the next 24 hours, God will use two funerals and a wedding to prepare me for worship this weekend. Our weekend message is based on the account of John 11:1-45. Read it here. It is a sad story, a story filled with tears and heavy emotions. It is a love...
This weekend’s message reminds me of the 1989 movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Near the end of the movie, Indie has found the Holy Grail, the cup Jesus used in the Lord’s Supper. The only trouble is that there are dozens of cups to choose from. The ancient crusader guarding...
Our Wednesday Lenten services continue at 3:30 and 7:00 pm today: The Savior’s Glory: Hidden in the World’s Rejection. The soup supper between the services will be hosted by our School of Early Learning staff. Easter for Kids We already have 56 children registered for Easter for...
This past week I read an article about McDowell County, West Virginia. McDowell County was a coal county. In the 1950’s, its population was over 100,000. Now it is down to 21,000. The coal jobs are all gone. McDowell County is an expensive place to build roads. It costs six times more...
"I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes" (Job 42:6). These words come to my mind as I prepare to attend our Ash Wednesday services (3:30 and 7:00 pm today). Throughout the book of Job, Job complained that he wanted God to come and speak to him. He wanted to charge God with unfairness...
This weekend we welcome Pastor Jeremy Mattek from Garden Homes Lutheran Church and School on the north side of Milwaukee to be our guest preacher. Pastor Panitzke will be preaching at Garden Homes. This is part of our effort to build a sister congregation relationship between our two...
Recently we caught a video of some people celebrating that they signed up in time to help with St. Paul’s Living Nativity. Click here to watch. Oh, wait, I guess that was some Cub fans celebrating something. We don’t have to wait 108 years to celebrate the Living Nativity, but it has...