ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH NEWS Friday, September 17, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, First a widow. Then she lost her only son. This woman of Nain knew the pain and sorrow of death. I know you do too. Parents. Grandparents. Children. Loved ones. Friends. We’ve seen […]

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH NEWS Friday, September 10, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Redeemed of the Lord, This week we’ll be observing the Festival of the Holy Cross and our celebration will include the use of our new processional crucifix! If you’ve talked to me about it, you know I’m pretty […]

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH NEWS Friday, September 3, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Jesus healed ten lepers but only one leper came back to give glory to God. Does that mean the other nine weren’t thankful? I’m sure they were glad their leprosy was gone! Yet once […]

Dear Saints of the Lord, Jesus tells the story of the “Good Samaritan” in response to the young man’s question, “Who is my neighbor?” The young man wanted to justify himself. We know what the Law says: Love your neighbor. Our sinful flesh, though, wants to wiggle out of that by thinking we can be […]

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH NEWS Friday, August 20, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, What goes in our ears comes out of our mouths. When our ears are filled with junk, trash talking, arguments, gossip, insults, arguments and such things, guess what we’ll talk about and complain […]

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I often hear the words, “I just don’t understand how other people ______.” Maybe it’s “can do that” or “live without God” or “think that” or whatever you say to fill in that blank. It’s inevitable that our Old Adam will compare us to others so that we look […]

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH  Friday, August 6, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Holy Ones of the Lord, Sunday’s Gospel reading is a stark call to repentance: Jesus shows up: do we care? Jesus wept over Jerusalem because that was God’s own special people, chosen through the line of Abraham for generations. […]

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH  Friday, July 30, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,   This week Jesus tells a story of a guy who got caught ripping off his master and his way out of the problem was to rip him off even more! What, what? The master […]

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH  Friday, July 23, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Saints in Christ, If you have a batch of bad apples, there’s something wrong with the tree. If you have a batch of healthy, delicious apples, then you can conclude that the apple tree is healthy and productive. This […]

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH  Friday, July 16, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, By the wonders of the internet, you’ll be reading this while we’re in Reno visiting our daughter. Some thoughts as you prepare for worship this week. It’s the Seventh Sunday after Trinity and it’s the […]