Pastors' Blog

Mary and Martha: Contemplative and Active

These two sisters are a picture of the two necessary sides of the mature Christ life: the active life and the contemplative life. We know how to be busy. But how should we meditate?

How Long, O Lord?

My friend is at home in bed, dying of cancer. Why does God let it go on so long?

Persecution and Comfort

Which is a bigger threat to your Christian faith: persecution or comfort?

ELS mission work in Peru

This is a short, 5-minute video about our ELS mission work in the national church in Peru.

Part of the Journey Is the End

NO SPOILERS, I haven’t seen the movie yet. It’s safe to read this blog post.

The first trailer for Avengers: Endgame was released months ago and featured a narration by Iron Man in which he says, “Part of the journey is the end.” Part of the journey is the end—except in comic books.

Now Trending, #easter

Google doesn’t acknowledge Easter. Or at least the Google doodle doesn’t.

For the past 18 years, the “doodle” logo atop Google’s home page – which is cleverly altered to recognize a person or holiday — has been empty of any visual reference to the empty tomb of Christ. The irony is delightful.

Notre-Dame burning

We witnessed the tragic burning of Notre-Dame in Paris this week. Its construction was begun 859 years ago and took 100 years to complete.

Avengers: Infinity War

The new Avengers movie will be released soon, at the end of April. It will be part two of “Avengers: Infinity War” released last year. The villain of the movies is Thanos (the word for ‘Death’ in Greek). In last year’s movie …

In China, new religious laws have made it a lot harder for Christians to gather. There is now a list of nine Chinese government rules that are being strictly enforced for all registered, legal churches.

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