At Ebenezer Lutheran Church, we
use three Bible readings each week to
explore God's message for contemporary
meaning and response. We value Biblical
Scholarship and personal insights. We
seek to know God through: logic,
relationships, music, the Sacraments of Holy
Communion and Baptism, beauty, the cross,
and through love. We trust that God
knows us and loves and forgives us while
also giving us meaning and purpose in our
lives. We believe it is the faithful
response-ability of all humans to care for
God's creation and to extend mercy and
forgiveness in a spirit of loving service
and in the name of Jesus Christ..
A Resurrection and
Lazarus
Today’s gospel is like a preview, a coming
attraction for a movie, an “advertisement of
what’s to come”. Like a movie trailer, the
resurrection of Lazarus gives away morsels of
the plot line about the upcoming resurrection of
Jesus Christ...
Maundy
Thursday 2005
Nascar has its pit stops. Soccer moms and dads
offer half-time orange slices and juice-boxes.
Basketball has its breaks. The type of refueling and
rejuvenating we are invited to contemplate tonight
is more like these examples and less like eight
hours rest, or even a family picnic; more like grab
and go meals, fast food so to speak, but much
healthier...
Good Friday
2005
An acquaintance recently said that when she dies,
she wants to be cremated and her ashes spread into
the ocean. The reasons were plain to her:
Easter 2005
Easter is a surprise PARTY. Easter is a surprise
PARTY, where everyone is invited, yet it’s Jesus who
surprises us.
