God’s Peace

Dear Friends in Christ, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.” (John 14:27) Yesterday, I was blessed to worship with the people of God at First...

Every Perfect Gift

Dear Friends in Christ, “Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above…” (James 1:17) What a gift it is to see God’s people using the gifts they’ve been given. On Sunday evening, we gathered at Zoar Lutheran Church in Perrysburg, for a...

Jacob’s Well

Dear Friends in Christ, “So, he (Jesus) came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon. A Samaritan woman...

Numbers and Purpose

Dear Friends in Christ, “The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting… take a census of the whole congregation…” (Numbers 1:1a and 1:2a). What follows in the Book of Numbers is a great counting and arranging of God’s people by tribes and...

Leviticus

Dear Friends in Christ, “The Lord summoned Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying…” (Leviticus1:1). Leviticus can be a challenging book of the Bible to read. Often folks will commit to reading through the Bible in a year, get bogged down in the rites,...