Pastor Nate Walther “As Strong as an Ox.” It’s a saying we have for people who are really strong, and one I especially appreciate after living in North Dakota and serving ranchers. Once cattle have it in mind that they are headed in a particular direction? They are not easily stopped. Likewise, the men who […]
Another year is in the books. In just a few short hours, 2025 will be in the rear-view mirror. How are you feeling about the past year?
Have you ever met someone famous? Maybe it was a president, or an all-pro athlete, or a famous singer.
Do you know the tale of the Sword of Damocles? It’s a Greek parable about a man named Damocles, who served under powerful king Dionysius.
Did you long for a particular Christmas gift as a child? Was there that one thing you desperately wished to open under the tree?
How do you like it when they get away with it? Maybe it’s an “open and shut” court case where everyone knows who did it, but there’s a technicality and a key piece of evidence is rendered inadmissible,
Christ with us. It’s a fitting theme today as we celebrate the Lutheran Reformation and as we conclude our celebration of our synod’s anniversary.
What does success look like? For the young entrepreneur, it might be creating a product that goes viral in popularity and finding instant global success and establishing their business as a household name and into a legacy.
Last month we celebrated the 100th anniversary of this congregation. This month we are celebrating another anniversary, an even lengthier one at that: the Dodransbicentennial of our Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod – i.e. the 175th Anniversary of our Lutheran Church body here in America.
Travel with me into a church called the Notre Dame in Paris, France, back to December 2, 1804. Inside that majestic cathedral we’d find Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife Josephine draped in white satin as the soon-to-be-crowned emperor and empress of the French.
