Archive for the ‘Christianity’ Category

Well, today my schedule is filled with visits to the nursing home. This will be my first ‘communion visit’ on behalf of my internship site. Home visits and visits of this type have never been my favorite part of the ministry and I doubt that today will change that. However, it is a part of [...]

Hey all…some of my sermons are now posted on this site. The church I am currently serving doesn’t record all of the sermons and doesn’t have a website to post them anyway. So…I will post every sermon that I preach that is recorded…even the crappy ones.  Click on the tab above labeled “SERMONS”…enjoy!!!

The Next Step

Posted: September 8, 2009 in Christianity

Well…I’m sitting outside in St. Paul, MN at Luther Seminary. It is 81 degrees, slight breeze, clear skies…beautiful. Life is good…no…God is good.

Sorry I haven’t posted lately. I just finished my final paper for my Youth Ministry class at Luther (literally finished last night) and now I’m preparing for Leadership Lab in IL. Our band, Maryland Parkway is leading worship for the week…PRAY FOR US!!!!

I have received a number of comments and questions about my article in the May 2009 issue of THE LUTHERAN (copy on right entitled “Confirmation Sucks”). People are saying, “good to know, but what’s next?”. I have received enough feedback along these lines to prompt me attempt some answers and send them in to THE [...]

Confirmation – THE LUTHERAN

Posted: April 28, 2009 in Christianity

Check out my new article in the Lutheran at http://www.thelutheran.org/article/article_buy.cfm?article_id=8041

Floods

Posted: March 26, 2009 in Christianity

Please offer your prayers to the people of the Fargo/Moorhead area as they prepare for the floods.

The Lutheran

Posted: March 25, 2009 in Christianity

Check out the May issue of THE LUTHERAN. I will have a new article published concerning the topic of Confirmation.

I have a few things to say about the article below. I will post them in a day or so..please read it at http://www.thelutheran.org/article/article.cfm?article_id=7790 from The Lutheran’s website directly. Once you have read the article by Dewey Olson, please read my response below.   Titles, Authority and Respect….Really? By Rob Zahn   Today I received via e-mail the [...]

Baptism

Posted: January 6, 2009 in Christianity, Church
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January 11th is from Mark 1:4-11. “John appeared, baptising in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And all of the country of Judea and all of Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Now John was [...]