I hope you feel some of my sober excitement as we have prayed for God the Holy Spirit to inspire Robb, David, and Ben as Theological Student ministers in our church. I’m sure most of you know the wonderful spiritual song, “We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder, soldiers of the Cross”. Guys, my deepest hope for you here at the Church of St. Mary and St. Martha and for your future in the Ministry of Word and sacrament, is that you will be “soldiers and servants of the Cross,” of our Lord Jesus … [Read more...]
Cross
The Cross, the Power of God
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. This morning we are celebrating Holy Cross Day. Transferred from September 14th , Holy Cross Day commemorates the dedication, in 335, of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem – but it is the cross inside the ancient basilica that is the focus of our attention. Tradition holds that the church was built by direction of Helena, the mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine … [Read more...]
