Senior Pastor at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Highland
In today’s Gospel lesson from the fifth chapter of Matthew we hear Jesus tell his disciples that they are the light of the world. As we ponder this reading we realize that the only way we can be a light of the world is when we shine Christ’s light for others. When we shine the […]
Today we hear in Matthew a portion of scripture that has become known as the beatitudes, and in these verses we hear of people being blessed that we wouldn’t normally think of in that way. Jesus helps to bring the perspective to our lives that we are all blessed, no matter what our circumstance, because […]
Today in our second lesson from First Corinthians, the first chapter, we hear Paul reminding his fellow Christians to be united in mind and purpose. At our best the Christian Church should be able to be united in our call to love God and love our neighbor, to proclaim the Gospel and see the message […]
Today we are reminded to invite others to “come and see.” The invitations that are made in this story are not complex, but these invitations are profoundly life changing. May we be so excited as John and Andrew, that we can’t help but invite others into the journey of faith, so that they might also […]
Today for our Gospel lesson we have the beginning of John, where we hear of how “in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” As we begin this new year, may it be one for you that is filled with hope – hope not only for […]
The true Christmas miracle comes in the gift of Emmanuel – God with us. May we approach the Jesus part of Christmas with the same wonder that we have for the Santa part of Christmas, knowing that with Jesus the wonder for us will never end, because the gift of Christ is eternal. Luke 2:1-20
While most people love the seasons of Advent and Christmas, because we think, who doesn’t love celebrating a baby coming into the world and contemplating all the blessings in our lives, when we consider the Gospel text from Matthew today we remember that the news of Christ coming might have unearthed some other emotions for […]
Today we hear in our Gospel lesson of how John the Baptist asked from prison if Jesus was the one who was to come or if they should wait for another. Jesus answers this question for John by reflecting the words of the prophets of old and telling him about what people hear and see […]
In our text from Isaiah 11 we hear that “a little child shall lead them,” and it is always good to have a friendly reminder that we are called to do our part to bring the peaceable kingdom into our midst. As we do acts of love for those in our lives, those in our […]
Today we celebrate Christ the King Sunday. It is a day where we should not only celebrate the blessing that Christ the King is to our lives, but we should also learn from his example of how to be a servant to all, and to love our neighbors as ourselves. As we do, may we […]