Pastor Greg Rathke

The other side of Christmas.  Reality hits doesn’t it?  The brokenness of the world that has been cursed because of sin hits...

Have you ever been desperate?  Desperate not from someone else’s doing, but because of your own.  This is Samson in Judges Chapter...

All Saints Day.  It can tug at your heart in a variety of ways.  Our senses can quickly bring us back to one of our loved ones can’t...

If you’ve ever had heart burn, you know it isn’t a burning that feels good.  “Plop, plop, fiz, fiz.  Oh what a relief it is.” ...

In this story from Exodus 34, Israel is encamped at Mount Sinai while Moses has gone up the mountain to spend time with God. This is the...

It is one thing to “talk the talk.”  It is another thing to “walk the walk.”  The apostle Paul makes it very clear in his letter...

The powerful truth that Jesus is our Living Hope—a hope made alive through His resurrection. Because He lives, we are not only forgiven...

He who was rich became poor for our sake. By Christ’s poverty we have become rich – rich in God’s grace.  God gives.  He gave...

What language does God speak to you  through music?  Hymns?  The Lutheran Service Book’s liturgies?  Contemporary songs?   In them...