Brad Heine

These Scripture lessons speak of a joy we have in God regardless of what is happening in our lives and in the world. Nehemiah 8:9-12 Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the Lord […]Read more

The scripture lessons this morning highlight the enduring spirit modelled by Jesus Christ. Job 1:13-16, 20-22 One day when Job’s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house, 14 a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, 15 and Read more

To take out your anger on someone means to treat that person badly because you feel frustrated or upset. Although we deserve God’s anger for our misdeeds, the readings today explain how he spares us from his anger by taking it out on himself in the body of Jesus. Isaiah 53:4-6 Surely he took up […]Read more

Our meditation for the last Sunday of the church will be on three parables of the lost in Luke chapter 15. Once again, this week, the extended narrative of the gospel passage is divided into two readings. Parables of the Lost according to St. Luke, the fifteenth chapter, verses 3-24 Luke 15: 3-10 Then Jesus […]Read more