The New Year is a reminder for me that we can always start again. I like that it’s in our collective consciousness that the passing from one year to another is a marker of time that can come with it new beginnings beyond one year to another. I need this big reminder on a yearly basis so that I don’t forget that I can start over at any point throughout the year. The New Year Read More …
Romans 13:1-7 (NRSV) “13 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists authority resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you wish to have no fear of the authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive Read More …
The basis for our teachings at Good Shepherd and all Lutheran Churches is: the scriptures of the Old and New Testament; the Apostles’, Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds; and the Book of Concord (The Lutheran Confessional Writings). These works provide the anchor points for everything we do. They act as aides in helping us enter into the mystery of God’s presence and clarify the faithful teaching of the Lutheran Church. If one wants to dig deeper Read More …