SHALOM

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give 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 NRSV] Monday, February 28 was my final day as Acting Bishop of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod of the ELCA. It wasContinueContinue reading “SHALOM”

LENT 2021 – DAY 40 SATURDAY OF HOLY WEEK

Job 19:21-27a     Hebrews 4:1-16     Romans 8:1-11      For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth; and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not another.[Job 19:25-27a]ContinueContinue reading “LENT 2021 – DAY 40 SATURDAY OF HOLY WEEK”

LENT 2021 – DAY 39 GOOD FRIDAY

Wisdom 1:16-2:1, 12-22     1 Peter 1:10-20     John 13:36-38      He professes to have knowledge of God,and calls himself a child of the Lord. he calls the last end of the righteous happy,and boasts that God is his father. Let us see if his words are true,and let us test what will happen at the endContinueContinue reading “LENT 2021 – DAY 39 GOOD FRIDAY”