To Life!
Pastor’s Ponderings:
Throughout May we observe the season of Easter. On the very last day of May we mark the end of Easter with the birthday of the Church - Pentecost. Easter marks for us the renewal of life, new birth, new growth, new beginnings, the prospect of new promises. Winter cold recedes with longer days, warmer weather, and gentle rains; calving and lambing are completed, new calves, lambs, and colts scamper about, the grass is greening as our brown hills turn green again - new hope abounds with the arrival of spring.
Throughout Easter we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the tomb; the tomb is empty, sin and death no more have dominion over us. The power of God reigns. We proclaim this when we say as a congregation: “Alleluia! Christ is risen. Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!” Through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we have the promise of new life, new birth, new growth, new beginnings; we have the promise of life eternal in the realm of God.
This past month we have seen expressions of God’s power, and Jesus’ promises to us. We baptized four children at Easter: Greta and Gunnar Smith, Dawson Lester, and Morgan Gates. Eight children received their first communion at Easter: Dawson and Rebecka Lester, Zacc and Mikol Degele, Trevor and Morgan Gates, Rae Lynne Barnett, and Johannes Chandler. This is God’s promise to us of new beginnings, new growth, new life in our church. Yet we also had two funerals: Bud Heinrich and Susan Askins. We hear God’s promise to us through the resurrection of Jesus Christ; we will be resurrected on the last day; Jesus will call us home to join in the heavenly feast with the communion of saints and share in the glory of God. These are the promises we believe and hold dear, for Bud and for Susan, and for us who remain.
Through his death and resurrection Jesus calls us to new life. The tyranny of death no longer terrorizes us. Jesus liberates us to celebrate life; we live a new life through his promises to us. Easter offers us the potential to grow in Christ and live fully in Christ. This is the power of God at work in our lives - new life - today, tomorrow and forever.
Throughout May we observe the season of Easter. On the very last day of May we mark the end of Easter with the birthday of the Church - Pentecost. Easter marks for us the renewal of life, new birth, new growth, new beginnings, the prospect of new promises. Winter cold recedes with longer days, warmer weather, and gentle rains; calving and lambing are completed, new calves, lambs, and colts scamper about, the grass is greening as our brown hills turn green again - new hope abounds with the arrival of spring.
Throughout Easter we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the tomb; the tomb is empty, sin and death no more have dominion over us. The power of God reigns. We proclaim this when we say as a congregation: “Alleluia! Christ is risen. Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!” Through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we have the promise of new life, new birth, new growth, new beginnings; we have the promise of life eternal in the realm of God.
This past month we have seen expressions of God’s power, and Jesus’ promises to us. We baptized four children at Easter: Greta and Gunnar Smith, Dawson Lester, and Morgan Gates. Eight children received their first communion at Easter: Dawson and Rebecka Lester, Zacc and Mikol Degele, Trevor and Morgan Gates, Rae Lynne Barnett, and Johannes Chandler. This is God’s promise to us of new beginnings, new growth, new life in our church. Yet we also had two funerals: Bud Heinrich and Susan Askins. We hear God’s promise to us through the resurrection of Jesus Christ; we will be resurrected on the last day; Jesus will call us home to join in the heavenly feast with the communion of saints and share in the glory of God. These are the promises we believe and hold dear, for Bud and for Susan, and for us who remain.
Through his death and resurrection Jesus calls us to new life. The tyranny of death no longer terrorizes us. Jesus liberates us to celebrate life; we live a new life through his promises to us. Easter offers us the potential to grow in Christ and live fully in Christ. This is the power of God at work in our lives - new life - today, tomorrow and forever.
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