Martin Luther's Evening Prayer

The Service of Evening Prayer (Vespers) includes the Lenten hymns "O Christ, You Walked the Road," and "Lamb of God, Pure and Holy," sometimes called the "German Agnus Dei." The meditation is based o...

4 Apr 202129min

Complaining may be necessary at times, but can convince us that our benefactor is our enemy. God's gift to us is patience under duress, modeled for us by Christ whose suffering is the antidote to the ...

31 Mar 202128min

The Ash Wednesday Rite of Imposition of Ashes is followed by a meditation on the concept of the propitious, "pleasing to [the] God[s]." Our helplessness to please God is remedied by God Himself who ga...

28 Mar 202128min

St. Paul points out that regret is a sign that we have served someone outside our present selves. The self in the past self was deceived or ignorant, if not actually irrational in demanding the things...

21 Mar 202128min

The Psalmist says, "Those who bow down to them become like them." Dr. Zeile unpacks the deeper meaning of the Psalmist's insight, and its opposite, the good news of what happens when we do the convers...

14 Mar 202128min

This is part of a series of readings of the Psalms in three Classic English translations: the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the 1612 King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner revision...

3 Mar 20214min

"What difference does it make? Who Cares?" If these thoughts cross your mind then you need the message of Malachi where God tells us that He does notice- and bless- our every effort toward doing what ...

3 Mar 202128min

For the Pastor's Circuit meeting a meditation on the challenging topic of "Slavery" based on regulations from Deuteronomy 25 was shared. This includes an intimate celebration of the Holy Communion sun...

28 Feb 202128min