Christ The Shepherd Lutheran Church

No Competition Here? - https://mailchi.mp/3429209ca849/no-competition-here Looking for some rule of thumb to assess God's role in the exercise of human power in history or in God's conflict with it? You won't find it in this set of lectionary readings. But you might find something else worth treasuring.

The Landscape of Patience - https://mailchi.mp/7bc61b7c0582/the-landscape-of-patience Why we are never simply waiting for God to act.

Losing So Much; Gaining So Much More - https://mailchi.mp/9bea/losing-so-much-gaining-so-much-more The intimate relationship between forgivness and calling.

Angry Enough to Die? - https://mailchi.mp/fa84728c2152/angry-enough-to-die No matter how challenging our gospel-driven stewardship of God's grace in Jesus Christ may be, it isn't bound to make us angry enough to die.

How can I forgive? - https://mailchi.mp/9f64735dfb03/how-can-i-forgive As followers of Jesus Christ we've always known that forgiveness comes with real risks. We forgive because forgiveness has become God's favored stance toward a wayward world.

Binding and Loosing - https://mailchi.mp/0f703a1d1070/binding-and-loosing What matters to us is that God's Word of forgiveness in Jesus Christ gets heard and is allowed to do its forgiving and saving work.

The Quarry from Which You Were Dug - https://mailchi.mp/e52ba/the-quarry-from-which-you-were-dug We have a future because God has already given us a past that does not depend on tradition or custom but on what God has already done to sink its roots into the world God created for us and still acts to redeem.

Off the Map? - https://mailchi.mp/2fe3e549c8a4/off-the-map Our callings, our hope for the future, and what God is doing today to get us there, all without a map.

Calling in Crisis - https://mailchi.mp/f6213fb01dc2/calling-in-crisis Our faulty stewardship of the gospel. Why is works at all.

Breaking Bread in New Places - https://mailchi.mp/c5194de52b7a/breaking-bread-in-new-places Who might benefit from this divine generosity next?

Scribes Trained for the Kingdom of Heaven - https://mailchi.mp//scribes-trained-for-the-kingdom-of-hea When Jesus says to his disciples, "to you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven," he is not speaking about esoteric truths not already made plain by his cross.

Hope in a Harvest of Redemption - https://mailchi.mp/0804826d/hope-in-a-harvest-of-redemption A brake on our inquisitorial impulses or puritanical fervor? Or does this alert us to something more important?

Seeds from the Sower's Hand - https://mailchi.mp/9d2d28383295/seeds-from-the-sowers-hand The course of ordinary life and the extraordinary effort God makes on our behalf.