Invited to… Serve

Today’s author is Intentional Interim Pastor, Steve Sylvester. 1 Kings 5:1-5; 8:1-13 Our reading yesterday was from the book of 1 Kings.  As 1 Kings opens, King David is an old man.  He has not yet officially appointed his successor, and his sons are...

Kingship or Kinship?

Today’s author is Prince of Peace member, Carol Swanson. It’s one of those interesting coincidences: Last Saturday, in every state, D.C., U.S. Territories, Canada, and western Europe, millions of people (one estimate: 7 million) took part in No Kings rallies and...

Beyond the Outward Appearance

Today’s author is Naomi Sveholm. Naomi is a missionary with Central Europe Teachers (https://www.facebook.com/elcacet) teaching English at a bilingual Lutheran high school in Bratislava, Slovakia with her spouse and two children. Photo Credit: The Guardian 1...

Do You Trust Me?

Today’s author is Intentional Interim Pastor, Steve Sylvester. Turning The Pages There’s just all sorts of weirdness in the long story of God and Samuel.  At one point you may remember that after being pestered by friends and neighbors, Samuel went to God...

Mentors

Today’s author is Prince of Peace member, Milt Warkentien. Wednesday, we looked at the Samuel call from the perspective of youth; but there is an extremely important other person in the story, and that’s Eli. Eli finally recognized that it was God calling...

Our Youth Aren’t Just The Future

Today’s author is Prince of Peace member, Milt Warkentien. I’ve disliked the saying “The youth are our future.” This saying gets used in so many circumstances and I wonder if this is true, what that makes the youth now?  This phrase particularly bothers me...