Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God.” … “Truly I tell you there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields, for my sake and for the sake of the good news, who will not […]

(Thanks to the Evangelical Lutheran Church for some of these prayer petitions.) Out of the darkness we cry to you, O God. Enable us to find in Christ the faith to trust in your care even in the midst of pain. Assure us that we do not walk alone through the valley of the shadow, […]

Dear God in heaven, You hear in our words more exasperation than prayer.  I apologize.  We too often use your name as an exclamation point than as our Lord and Savior. Truth be told, we cry out in fear.  The world we live in, our age, this generation is in a long season of fear.  […]

  “In the spring, when Kings go forth to war…..” (2 Samuel 11:1) Loving God, we look to your word for guidance, learning from the good and the bad, the best and the worst.  Sadly, we learn that war has been ever thus.  And here we are again.  We have learned that Kings and leaders […]