Greetings; may the grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord be with you all. It is two weeks before Christmas, the decorations are going up and gifts being bought. The parties and fun events are happening, and we are deep into Advent.  It was just BEFORE Halloween that we began to be in-undated with the “Christmas Spirit.”   (Ugh), I have come to despise the use of that phrase in our modern media and conversation.  It is not so much the commercialization and...

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, greetings to you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.   Reading through John 15: 9-17, the word...

Rereading Romans 12 it occurred to me… well, let me start with a benediction…               The late Rev. Richard C. Halverson, former...