Scripture Readings Grace, mercy and peace be to you from God our Father and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen! Welcome to the  end ! The end of the church year, that is. We now call it “Christ the King” Sunday, the last Sunday in the church’s liturgical year, with the season of Advent right on our heels. But did you know that this concept of “Christ the King” is a very new thing in the church year. In fact, it will be exactly 100 years old this year. It’s only been aro

Heavenly Father, God of all concord, it is Your gracious will that Your children on earth live together in harmony and peace. Defeat the plans of all those who would stir up violence and strife, destroy the weapons of those who delight in war and bloodshed, and, according to Your will, end all conflicts in our world. Teach us to examine our hearts and minds that we may recognize our own inclination toward envy, malice, hatred and enmity. Help us, by Your Word and Spirit, to s

Scripture Readings Grace, mercy and peace be to you from God our Father and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen! At this time of year, with Remembrance Day right around the corner, I often think about our soldiers and everything they went through as young men, many still teenagers. The Great War. World War II. The trenches. Combat. Good vs. Evil. You can watch war movies to get a glimpse of what they faced, but I think Hollywood’s best efforts and all the computer graphic

Scripture Readings Grace, mercy and peace be to you from God our Father and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen! As I mentioned last Sunday, Luther posted his 95 theses on the castle church door in Wittenberg on October 31st precisely because the next day was November 1st, also known as All Saints’ Day or All Hallows’ Day (hence our word ‘ Halloween ’ from ‘ All Hallows’ Eve ’). We can trace the roots of this festival in the church all the way back to the 4th century when

Scripture Readings Grace, mercy and peace be to you from God our Father and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen! Years ago when landline phones were still a thing, we had a  cordless  phone. Just imagine the freedom! No longer being wired to the wall in one spot, you could rove around the house, fold laundry, work on the car, go to the potty, all the while listening to cousin Mabel go on about her neighbour’s dog, still peeing on the front lawn, despite her sassy lawn sig

Scripture Readings Grace, mercy and peace be to you from God our Father and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen! Our society really has gone down hill over the last 15 years for sure. Inflation. Crime. Drugs. Homelessness. Government corruption and scandal after scandal. I think most people will agree on the sad state of affairs that has taken over our country. But perhaps the greatest tragedy of our time is that, hardly anybody makes Western Movies anymore!  Westerns . T

Scripture Readings Grace, mercy and peace be to you from God our Father and our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen! I often wonder at “how stuff came to be.” You know, like traditions that we take for granted. Thanksgiving rolls around and oh look, there’s the turkey! There’s the pumpkin pie! Nary a second thought. But do you ever stop and wonder why that’s the case? Why are these things such a staple of the Thanksgiving holiday and not, I don’t know, Sharp-tailed grouse and

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