Category Archives: Musings
Pastor Dan Hermanson – Sept 2023
I suppose that is precisely the transformation, to be stripped of our illusions, to gain some clarity about who we are and what we are up to. For what do we have in the end but the shocking realization that we are saved by grace alone?
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – August 2023
Dear friends in Christ at Peace and Grue, The most hopeful affirmation in Christian life occurs at the graveside: “In sure and certain hope of resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ, we commend to almighty God our brother/sister and we commit his/her body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, […]
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – June/July 2023
Dear friends in Christ at Peace and Grue, I don’t often focus on more than one passage at a time. But from time to time, the passages and/or context seem to just fit, and this is one of those times. The passages are assigned for the seventh week of Easter (John 17:1-11 and Acts 1:6-14) […]
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – May 2023
Dear friends in Christ at Peace and Grue, “Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing then in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe […]
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – April 2023
If we have observed Lent during our lives, most of us have probably engaged in a time that is very individually focused. We take stock of our lives, the way we spend our time, the things we do that keep us from living faithfully, the bad habits we can't seem to shake, the need for more devotional time with God. Sometimes I have given something up for Lent. Other years I have added something in. Either way, the idea is to be more intentional in my walk as a follower of Jesus.
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – March 2023
If we have observed Lent during our lives, most of us have probably engaged in a time that is very individually focused. We take stock of our lives, the way we spend our time, the things we do that keep us from living faithfully, the bad habits we can't seem to shake, the need for more devotional time with God. Sometimes I have given something up for Lent. Other years I have added something in. Either way, the idea is to be more intentional in my walk as a follower of Jesus.
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – February 2023
Dear friends in Christ at Peace and Grue, The climax of the Christian story is the death and resurrection of Jesus. The center of the Christian life is the belief that we die and rise with him. In preaching and practice the Christian faith proclaims a cataclysmic breach in the ages: our former lives passing […]
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – January 2023
Dear friends in Christ at Peace and Grue, O sing to the Lord a new song. Ps. 96:1 I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. Jer. 31:31 A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you. Ezek. 36:26 For […]
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – November 2022
It is Fall again, the time we have traditional set aside to give thanks for another season of growth, followed by a success harvest. Our Thanksgiving Service this year will again be a community service hosted by the Presbyterians on Tuesday, November 22 at 7:00 PM. Pastor Paul and I look forward to seeing you there.
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – October 2022
Dear friends in Christ at Peace and Grue, “For God so loved the world he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believed in him may not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 While John 3:16 is usually interpreted to stress the importance of faith in Jesus, it is striking to note that […]
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