20180415Easter3 Faith-Sustaining Patterns in a World of Stockpiles Faith cannot be stockpiled. It needs a pattern of replenishment. Today, the disciples are hungry. While their stomachs may not be rumbling, their hunger is shown in their lack of certainty about who Jesus is. Even though they were just talking about...

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This is the special music, Festival Introit for Easter sung by the chancel choir at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan.

This is the special music, Now is Christ Risen by Handel and Hopson sung by the chancel choir at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan.  

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20180401EasterDay Middle of the Story Literarily and theologically, Mark’s gospel ends awkwardly at 16:8. The women are astonished and afraid, and what most scholars consider the original ending of Mark seems more like the middle of the story than its end. What about appearances of the risen Christ? What about...

Receiving and Handing On Paul writes to the Corinthians, “For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you.” He refers to the institution of the Lord’s supper, but the pattern of receiving and handing on applies to so much more in Christian faith and practice: We...

This is a special musical performance of All Glory Laud & Honor by the Faith Bells!

This is a special musical performance of Lenten Love Song by the Faith Lutheran Chancel Choir.

A Different Kind of Bloodline Combining into one liturgy the “Hosanna!” of the triumphal palm procession and the “Crucify him!” of the passion drama—especially as filtered through Paul’s image of the “exalted” slave—invites a meditation on the mystery of Jesus’ sovereignty. How can we Americans or Canadians grasp what it...