In today’s readings both Saul and Peter encounter the Risen Christ and experience personally the depth of God’s love. Their lives are changed fundamentally and forever. We also regularly encounter this same Jesus by the waters of our baptism and in...

We are Easter people… and “alleluia” is our song! The church invests itself in the Easter mystery for seven weeks from Easter to Pentecost—50 days that are filled with remembrance and praise of the risen Christ. Readings from the Gospel of John will...

“Alleluia! Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Alleluia!” That Easter greeting, proclaimed throughout the ages of the Church, takes root in our hearts so that we understand that the resurrected life is now our own. Jesus has wiped away all fear, all...

Good Friday. Recorded on March 25, 2016 at the 6:45 p.m. worship service from CLC's Worship Center. "Turn Not from His Griefs Away” (Isaiah 53:3-12). Pastor Daniel Schumm. Good Friday.

The name for this day comes from the Latin word “mandatum,” meaning “commandment.” It refers to the two “new” commandments our Lord gave to his disciples. The first is “love one another” and the second is “do this in remembrance of me.” Today we are...

This is the last weekend in Lent and the beginning of Holy Week. With Christians around the world we begin the liturgy remembering Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, and we join in the exuberant praise that the Church has echoed through the...

The Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem is commemorated as the way Jesus walked with his cross. The name means “The Painful Way”. Through the Gospel of Luke we walk that way with Jesus this Lenten Wednesday. We remember the pain he endured on our behalf in...

Most of us know that the Christian life is supposed to be one of deep joy. But the reality is that in our daily walk there are plenty of stresses to slowly drain away that happiness. Those stresses can pile up to the point that our existence feels...

As we learned last time, Jesus’ parable of the prodigal is a rich, multi-layered lesson which offers much for us in our Lenten journey. Even as we shake our heads at the younger son’s rebellion and poor judgment, so we marvel at the father’s wisdom...

Outside our Sanctuary, a banner with a cross stands to the left of the doors. Underneath the cross is the Alleluia banner, which we removed from the liturgy on Ash Wednesday. While we restrain our praise a bit in these Lenten weeks, we still see every...