How are you feeling this week as Thanksgiving approaches? This year it is distressing that we are not able to gather together for Thanksgiving in the ways we are used to doing. Thankfulness probably does not come as easily in a time of pandemic! In the book of Colossians, chapter 3, the...
The beginning of the Reformation in 1517 is marked by Martin Luther’s posting of his 95 Theses in Wittenberg, Germany - Luther’s commentary and objections to the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church, where he served as a priest. One of Luther’s complaints about...
Evening and Morning - Paul Gerhard (1607-1676) Paul Gerhard was born near Wittenberg, Germany, 90 years after the Reformation began. He lived through the trauma of the Thirty Years War (1616-1648), and became a pastor at age 44. His life was marked by trouble. In 1637 soldiers set fire to...