Associate Pastor at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Highland
In our story for today, we are reminded that Jesus changes everything. Without the interruption of the healing of the woman who had been hemorrhaging for 12 years, Jairus’ daughter would not have died, and yet, this seemingly tragic circumstance became one of the greatest miracles that the people would see before Jesus’ own death […]
Today in our Gospel lesson the disciples and Jesus are in the midst of a storm out in a boat, when they cry out to him for help saying, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And just as surely as Jesus cared then, stilling the storm so they might know peace, so […]
If Christ is at the forefront when we gather, then I think our Gospel for today encourages us to do a few things as we share in ministry: we should see others who also gather in Christ’s name as our brothers and sisters so that we can have an understanding that other Christians are a […]
Today is Trinity Sunday, a day where we give thanks for God coming to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. While we may not understand it, we know it to be true, just as surely as we know God’s love through the love of one another. Thanks be to God that we experience love […]
Our Gospel reading for today begins by reminding us to abide in Christ’s love, and as we gather as the Body of Christ for worship we know that love in a real way. Yet we all know that this does not simply take place in church, so how then do we abide in Christ’s love […]
When we think about sheep and their shepherd, we soon realize that this relationship works best when the sheep trust the shepherd and follow the shepherd’s voice. If we put our trust in Christ and listen to his voice as he calls us to follow, sometimes we can find ourselves taking risks along the way […]
Today we find that after encountering the risen Christ, the disciples know peace in the midst of chaos is because Jesus brings them perspective. Seeing the risen Christ in their midst, their fear is taken away as they are reminded that death is no longer the end for any of us. Thanks be to God […]
In our Gospel lesson for today we hear Jesus instructing his disciples and some Greeks about his upcoming death, and in his words we learn a valuable lesson. Whether we are journeying with Christ to the cross, or whether we are journeying with someone else unto death, or whether we are simply going through a […]
Today we hear the story of Jesus chasing the money changers and the animal sellers out of the temple, and he says to all of them, “Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” and he states to them: “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” Jesus redirects them to where […]
In our Gospel reading for today we hear about the first time that Jesus had to suffer in his ministry, and in our second lesson we learn of the time when Jesus not only knew what it was like to suffer, but he suffered in place of someone else. As we seek to love the […]