Author: Rev. Bernie Seter

So it is St. Patrick’s Day and Spring is supposed to be a week away.  I’ve been complaining about this weather since before Thanksgiving and the more I look at stuff like this the more upset I get .  This is Marvin...

Romans 1:16 says that the Gospel is God’s power, not ours.  It is God’s power because it is about the One that he gave for our salvation.  The Gospel is Christ’s story and God’s power and we preach and...

I have always tried to figure out a word to describe the connections and happenstance meetings and events that come together in strange ways to enrich our lives and sometimes make us gasp a little bit.  Serendipity does not...

So if “compelling” people offends you and you think it smacks of Spanish Conquistadors and forced mass baptisms you might want another missionary text.  Some have said that the great missionary text for Luther and...

We have talked it seems forever about all the hand wringing and turmoil that exists over mercy and mission work overseas.  The arguments about whether we should do mercy work at all are numerous and noisy.  The amount of time...