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Tender Mercies

May 1, 2022

Events in life sometimes come at us so rapidly and randomly that it can be hard to find any meaning in them. So much of...

Slow Down, Be Still

April 24, 2022

Sissel, the Choir, and the Orchestra have just performed a heavenly song based on these words from the 46th Psalm: “Be still, and know that...

Come and See

April 17, 2022

Early in His ministry, Jesus had only a handful of followers, most of them members of a small fishing community near the Sea of Galilee....

All Around Us

April 10, 2022

Sometimes we see things so often that we don’t really look at them anymore. When was the last time you stopped to watch a beautiful...

Ask, Seek, and Knock

April 3, 2022

Jesus of Nazareth once gave this bold invitation: “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be...

Just Let the Fire Warm You

March 27, 2022

When he was nearing 80 years old, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa was asked in an interview, “Have you found that your relationship to...

Showing Our Love

March 20, 2022

Hundreds of years ago, Shakespeare wrote this timeless wisdom: “They do not love, that do not show their love.”[1] Yes, love is a feeling, an...

The Mighty Vasa

March 13, 2022

On a Sunday nearly 400 years ago—August 10, 1628, to be exact—not far from here at the navy shipyard in Stockholm, the mighty Swedish warship...

The Focus of Our Lives

March 6, 2022

For two years, the pandemic has given us something this world has rarely faced—a common hardship. While everyone’s experience has been different, no person, no...