All posts tagged Easter

April 19, 2022

The Eighth Day of the Week

by Timothy Teuscher A week, as we all know, is a seven-day period of time usually considered to extend from Sunday to Saturday. This pattern has been going on ever since the beginning of creation when God created the heavens and the earth in six…

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April 4, 2021

Always Lent But Never Easter

  by Adam Chandler In the much beloved tale spun by C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, the world of Narnia was in a state where it was always winter but never Christmas. Without Aslan the Lion present, the desolation of cold…

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February 18, 2021

70 Vs. 40

by David Haberstock Some of you still remember the 1960s or ‘70s. Maybe you even remember the old one-year series of Bible readings (Lectionary) we used back in those days. Maybe your congregation still uses it. I mention it because about 70 days before Easter—three…

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May 22, 2020

The Forgotten Festival

by Timothy Teuscher The forgotten festival of the church year, The Ascension of Our Lord, took place this year on May 21, 2020. I say “forgotten” because, in spite of the fact that Jesus’ ascension rates a line in all three of the ecumenical creeds,…

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April 20, 2020

He Will Not Forsake You

  by David Haberstock “I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread. He is ever lending generously, and his children become a blessing.” – Psalm 37:25-26 This is a moment of…

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April 16, 2020

In the sure and certain hope of the resurrection

by Robert Mohns Bright white light, made brighter still by the freshly fallen snow, envelopes the landscape and greets the little band of followers. The pastor is out front leading, then the casket, then family and friends trailing behind. It was a bitter cold day,…

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