Divine Savior Church-Sienna

"We have found the one," Philip proclaimed to Nathaniel, when Jesus actually found him first. Later Philip personally found a gracious Savior at the feeding of the 5,000 when Jesus taught him a lesso…

Andrew showed care and concern for bringing others to Jesus. Ministry is one on one. Mission is one on one. Parents to children. Husband to wife. You to a friend, family member, or co-worker. We only…

Bartholomew asked, "Nazareth, can anything good come from there?" and found in his shattered hope a fulfilled hope in the promised Savior. In Bartholomew (aka Nathanael) we see our own expectations. …

Thaddaeus (also called Judas) asked Jesus, "But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the whole world?" Many ask this same question today, why some and not others? We marvel at G…

Stand Firm In The Fight
Most people today think the “devil” is a joke. And make jokes about him. But the truth is, the devil is a real and vicious enemy of God and his people. He tempts us to doubt Go…

At Home and At Work
From the beginning, God designed people to live in families. He also gave us work to do, a garden to take care of, something to give meaning and purpose. So a lot of our lives are …

A Marriage Made In Heaven
Marriage has been instilled into human hearts and human society by our loving Creator to stir up human longing and to prepare our hearts for the love of Christ. Marriage cond…

The world we live in loves to live in darkness. What people do behind closed doors should be up to them, they say. The world is accepting of all kinds of alternative expressions of gender and sexuali…

Stop Copying the World and Start Copying Christ 
We live in a fashion-conscious world. We see influential people wearing certain styles of clothes and imitate them by trying to keep up with the same f…

Building Unity with Love
We want the church to grow so that we can make a difference in the world around us. But churches not only need to grow in number. We need to grow in holiness. We need to grow …

Grasping the Scale of God’s Love
When you get married, and that person you love moves in, two wonderful things happen: they start changing everything to reflect their character, and they fill the plac…

Most of us enjoy the suspense of a mystery thriller. Books and movies keep us on the edge of our seats, as do documentaries about unsolved mysteries. Other mysteries are more personal – like figuring…

There is a depressingly relentless cycle of political strife and military conflict between peoples, nations, and religious cultures in our world. There is constant suspicion and segregation in our ci…

Why do Christians get so excited by “grace?” Why do we sing about “Amazing Grace”? We name our churches after it. We name our children after it. What is all the fuss about? God’s “grace” is his undes…

We probably have a lot of relationships that are shallow or even artificial. It is important for us to get to know people better. It is more important to get to know our spouse better. But even more …

I love seeing people wearing the T-shirts that say “Blessed.” Do you feel “blessed” even when nothing is going right? In this glorious passage that begins the letter to the Ephesians, Paul launches a…

They had one job. The Roman guard was to make sure Jesus stayed dead and buried in the tomb. After all, what a scandal it would be if Jesus’ disciples were to come and steal the body! But as it turne…

When God’s Son died the massive curtain in the Temple was torn in two. It was God’s way of showing us that what he had promised had come true. Sinners like you and I have complete access to the holy …

Who washes whose feet?! Who serves whom?! Jesus willingly served his messed up, confused disciples on Thursday and then served them a heaping plate of grace on Friday. And today he does the same for …

Jesus rides into Jerusalem to accolades and cries of joy. But he also rides into Jerusalem as the promised Son of David sent as the sacrificial Lamb of God. To many in the crowd, nothing was more sca…