St. Luke Lutheran Church February 25, 2024 Enews The Wrath of God If you are reading along with us in our journey through the Bible, you would have read of several events that you might have found disturbing. I’m talking about the times that God’s reactions to something we might call a mistake seemed out…

St. Luke Lutheran Church February 18, 2024 Enews Blessed Beyond Words Our readings this week included Numbers 6:24-26 which contains the familiar words of blessing spoken at the end of most of our worship services.  We call the blessing the Aaronic blessing and it is often spoken with these words:  “The LORD bless you and…

St. Luke Lutheran Church February 11, 2024 Enews Hitting the Wall In virtually every worthy endeavor there is a wall that must be overcome.  It may be a wall that can only be overcome through endurance, it may be a wall that is overcome by brute force.  The book of Leviticus, and to a lesser…

St. Luke Lutheran Church February 4, 2024 Enews A Stiff-Necked People  Exodus 32 I was a young child when I first heard the phrase, “Stiff-Necked People.”  I was confused for some time.  I remembered my grandfather waking from a nap complaining that his neck was stiff.  I remembered my mother complaining one morning that her…

St. Luke Lutheran Church January 26, 2024 Enews Never was Heard a Discouraging Word- Exodus 15:24 When I read about the Israelite’s journey through the wilderness, I can’t help but here that old Western folk song, “Home on the Range.”  Dr. Brewster Higley wrote the lyrics as a poem in 1872 or 1873 titled, “My…