Monthly Archives: December 2008

The Glory that Sets Us Free

Text: Luke 2:21-40
Date: Christmas I + Holy Innocents, Martyrs + 12/28/08
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI

Did you get what you wanted for Christmas? According to a recent survey 60% of people receiving gifts at Christmas will tend to return or exchange at least one item they received. Most likely gifts [...] Continue reading

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Power

Well. We have no power at home so I’m trying to post from my phone real quick. Wish I could post photos … have to find time to look into that. I guess more later.
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This Will Be a Sign for You

Text: Luke 2:7
Date: Christmas Eve + 12/24/08

It all took place so quietly, so silently, so privately, so anonymously that it’s amazing anyone noticed anything unusual happening at all, much less that this event, this lowly, humble birth would literally change the history of the entire world, that this night as the Church and [...] Continue reading

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Let It Be to Me

Text: Luke 1:26-38
Date: Advent IV + 12/21/08
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI

It’s not Christmas yet. It’s still Advent. In today’s Gospel there are still nine months to go. First there is John the Baptist, then Jesus, six months apart. It is the sixth month with John the Baptist’s mother, Elizabeth, [...] Continue reading

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Updated Lunneberg.com/Gerike.org

I updated the site finally with a new plugin to automatically collect news from various family blogs into one spot. I’ve added a few that I know of already. If there are more out there that I should add.. Just send me and email or comment with the RSS feed of the blog [...] Continue reading

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The Guide

Text: John 1:6-8, 19-28
Date: Advent III + 12/14/08
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI

In your little catechism you learned to confess the truth, in part, in the words, “I believe that I cannot, by my own reason or strength, believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to Him.” You should [...] Continue reading

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The Beginning of the Gospel

Text: Mark 1:1-8
Date: Advent II + 12/07/08
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word, Rochester Hills, MI

When the very first word of St. Mark’s Gospel is “Archai” (as in the word archaic), “the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ,” he means for his readers to recall the very first words of the Old Testament [...] Continue reading

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