God adopts us as His children, making us family through Christ

Justification by grace through faith in Christ Jesus means that we are freed for salvation from dependence on what we can for for ourselves

Like the Galatians, we are called to live as people who have freedom in Christ

This Pentecost, we look to the future in hope through the work of the Holy Spirit.

As we celebrate LCMS Armed Forces Sunday in this time in between Ascension and Pentecost, we remember Jesus as our great high priest and guardian.

Jesus gives us four gifts to his disciples - and us - as he departs, to support his people until his return.

As we celebrate the Rite of Confirmation for several of our young people, we remember that Christ has given us a both a new commandment and his love inside us to empower us in keeping it.

The texts for Good Shepherd Sunday point to Jesus as the loving leader and protector of the flock that is the Church. As his sheep, we hear the voice of Jesus calling through the din of the world (and our own internal noise) to follow him.

Peter and Paul present models of how God works through different kinds of people to spread the Good News of the resurrected Jesus.