All of us are on a journey of faith in our lives. At Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan we bring people one a journey of faith each week and share that journey with the world.
Our culture teaches us to always want to know and have more. I believe that sometimes that this is important. In our political world today, it is important to discover the truth to the best of our ab…
Last week I spoke about us being called as prophets. Now this week in our second lesson, Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, he talks about coming together. Paul is addressing his letter to Jewish and G…
This is a special musical presentation of Holy Thy Name at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan.
This is a special musical presentation of Acquaint Now Thyself withsoloist Bruce Thorsen Piano at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan
This past week in our Bible study we looked at the First lesson from Amos and the Gospel lesson from Mark. It took some processing to find some good news in these passages. The people of Israel were …
This is a special musical presentation of Kingsfold with Elaine Harrison, Brenda Kopf, Matt Schnizlein and Addie Thompson on Handbells and Kathy Richardson on Piano at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos…
After one of our pastors left back home, I tried to fill in some of the gaps. I was home from college and had a great deal of energy. The council president sat me down and said that sometimes when yo…
The last time I was here, 2 weeks ago, I announced that I would not be putting my name in as a candidate for your next pastor. Pam is no longer working here, and Connie finished her time with us. Eve…
This is a special musical presentation of When Peace like a River at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan
This is a special musical presentation of Nearer, My God to Thee by Bob Borcherding on fiddle at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan
This is a special musical presentation of Amazing Grace by Bob Borcherding on fiddle at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan
This is a special musical presentation of Sing Out To God by the Summer Choir at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan
Sometimes I don’t like the way that the kingdom of God grows. But what is the kingdom of God? It is the place where God reigns or is in charge. I appreciate how Luther it explains it as heavenly and…
This is a special musical presentation of Rain Dance by Calvin Kadrofske on Marimba at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan
Have you noticed that some people feel called to put themselves in the middle of conflict? Sometimes those of us are transitional or interim pastors can find ourselves there. I have seen some people…
This is a special musical presentation of Majesty by Addie Thompson and Deb Borton-McDonough playing the handbells at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, Michigan
What is sabbath or what is the sabbath day? Different religions have different days, thus we can’t say one day is totally right or wrong? Christians have said throughout history that Sunday is our s…
This is a special musical presentation of Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus by soloist Bob Nelson at Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos, MIchigan
When I worked on my pastoral counseling degree at the Moravian Seminary in Bethlehem, PA, I learned a new way of approaching scripture. It was to ask questions of the text in order to gain more unde…