by Daniel Beaudoin | Oct 19, 2020 | Bishop's Writings
“Go therefore into the main streets and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.’ Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both good and bad; so the wedding hall was filled with guests”(Matthew 22:9-10) On Sunday, October 11, we...
by Daniel Beaudoin | Oct 5, 2020 | Bishop's Writings
“…if the root is holy, then the branches also are holy”(Romans 11:16b). “that is, the Gentiles have become fellow heirs, members of the same body, and sharers in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel”(Ephesians 3:6). In the Letter to the Romans, chapter 11,...
by Daniel Beaudoin | Sep 29, 2020 | Bishop's Writings
Dear Friends in Christ, “Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an...
by Daniel Beaudoin | Sep 21, 2020 | Bishop's Writings
Dear Friends in Christ, Jesus said to them again,“Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you”(John 20:21). When Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELW) was published back in 2006, I was serving as a parish pastor at St. John’s, Stony Ridge. We soon started...
by Daniel Beaudoin | Sep 14, 2020 | Bishop's Writings
Dear Friends in Christ, “And again, Jesus said,“To what should I compare the kingdom of God?It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in withthree measures of flour until all of it was leavened” (Luke 13:20-21). It doesn’t always have to be big with flashing...
by Daniel Beaudoin | Sep 7, 2020 | Bishop's Writings
Dear Friends in Christ, “Keep on doing the things that you have learned and receivedand heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you” (Philippians 4:9). The Church in Philippi learned a lot from St. Paul. In Philippians 4:9, Paul reminds them of the...