Posts from July 2025

Dear Peace members and friends, Last Wednesday evening was a big-bash gathering to celebrate our ministry together over these last 19 years. The room was packed with many of you. The program included a testimonial or two and there was a song and a poem written especially for the occasion. There also was an awful lot of laughter. As Marcie and I drove home, we couldn’t stop talking about how much fun it all was.  Maybe God knew what we…

Dear Peace members and friends, This Sunday, I will conclude the sermon series, “How My Mind Has Changed.” And I want to end the series with Jesus. Why Jesus? Because he is the core of our faith; the reason we exist as Peace Lutheran Church. And, even for those who are indifferent to him, his influence remains—on everything. The great church historian from Yale, Jaroslav Pelikan, wrote, “Regardless of what anyone may personally think or believe about him, Jesus of…

Dear Peace members and friends, A good summer’s day to all of you!   This Sunday in worship (9:30am), we continue the sermon series, “How My Mind Has Changed.” Why this theme?  Changing one’s mind is part of our Christian experience. It is the center of the New Testament, the center of all of the Apostle Paul’s writings, and at the center of all of Jesus’ teaching and experience. And—if it is good enough for Paul and the New Testament and…

Dear Peace members and friends, Happy 4th of July! Years ago, my wife and I were traveling overseas and we were out and about one morning. And I suddenly realized what day it was, and I said, excitedly, to someone nearby, “It’s the 4th of July!” And the man replied, “That’s right. And yesterday was the 3rd and tomorrow is the 5th.” He didn’t have a clue!  We Americans know that the 4th of July is more than just a…