By Martin Luther (1483-1546), adapted from Luther’s Prayers, translated by Charles Kistler (1917) FOR GREATER FAITH (#138)Behold, Lord, an empty vessel that needs to be filled. My Lord, fill it. I am weak…
(…continued) “Be on guard, be alert,” says Jesus, “for you do not know when that time will come… what I say to you I say to everyone– Watch!”…
For years Mick has smoked three packs of cigarettes a day. Now, when he comes up the basement stairs he has to stop and catch his breath even…
People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to…
From Loving God, by Chuck Colson, 1983, Zondervan, pages 242-243 In the fourth century there had been an Asiatic monk who had spent most of his life in a remote community…
Dorothy Day (1897-1980) was a journalist and social activist. Her parents rarely attended church, but Dorothy became active in an Episcopal church when she was a teenager. She…
EATING UNTO THE LORD: God Promises Food, and in That Promise We Can Delight; by Andree Seu Peterson in World magazine, page 71, April 19, 2014. The world is falling apart…
From Speaking of the Dead by Russell Saltzman (American Lutheran Publicity Books, 2014, pages 89-94). Most people can name their grandparents. Quite a few are able to name their great-grandparents.…
In my forty years as a pastor I visited many people in their last years, months, and days. Many of these people were in nursing homes, or were shut-ins…
I once asked my grandfather why his grandfather left Germany in 1875 to come to America. Grandpa said that the old emigrant told him that Germany was always…