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[Each week, I present some thoughts on the Bible lessons for the succeeding Sunday. In doing so, I hope to help the people of the congregati...

"Hope doesn't come from what you can do. Hope comes from what God can do." [Bruce Bickel and Stan Jantz, God is in the Tough...

From today's Our Daily Bread devotion , based on Philippians 3:1-11 : In 1927, John Sung boarded a ship from the US bound for Shanghai....

[The following was the daily inspiration from my colleague, Glen VanderKloot, pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in Springfield, Illinois .] + ...

to those bloggers who have recently mentioned pieces that have appeared here or at The Moderate Voice (where I also blog) in recent weeks. J...

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[This message was shared this evening with the Hocking County Granges as they commemorated Rural Life Sunday in the chapel of Saint Matthew...

[This was shared during worship with the people of Saint Matthew Lutheran Church in Logan, Ohio this morning.] John 14:15-21 Two stories, bo...

[Each week, I take at least one "pass" at the appointed Bible lessons for the following Sunday. I do this to help my own preparati...

"God has hope for us long after we have given up." (Daniel J. Simundson and David L. Tiede. Chosen: The Story of God and His Peopl...

For seventeen years, we lived in suburban Cincinnati, where I pastored the congregation I founded there, Friendship Lutheran Church . While ...

It starts tomorrow...in Ohio, not Greece . This festival has been an annual event since 1974.

Thanks to my son, Philip, who found this video and ran it on his Facebook page .

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his host! Praise...

A wonderful article . I dream that one day, there will be Boys and Girls Clubs here in Hocking County. In my former community, Clermont Coun...

Speaking personally, I haven't always provided a good return on the investment . But I'm grateful for it nonetheless.

[This sermon was shared during worship earlier today with the people of Saint Matthew Lutheran Church in Logan, Ohio.] John 14:1-14 Is there...

Scorn has been heaped on ABC News anchors Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos for their work on this week's debate between Democrat...

A busy life has prevented me from completing my series on Jeremiah Wright's public pronouncements. But maybe enough has already been sai...

[Each week, I present at least one overview of the Bible lessons for the following Sunday's worship. These passes are designed to help t...