Category Archives: Musings
Pastor Dan Hermanson – September 2022
Dear friends in Christ at Peace and Grue, The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labor of each. For we are God’s servants, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building. ” 1 Cor. 3:8-9 The quotation is all over the […]
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – August 2022
We are in the season of Pentecost. The season of growth. The longest season of the church year. It is in this season that we hear the bulk of Jesus’ parables. In all the teaching of Jesus there is no feature more striking than the parable.
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – June July 2022
Dear friends in Christ at Peace and Grue, Pentecost is the church's birthday, and like any birthday, it's a cause for celebration. The word Pentecost is Greek and it means "50th day." Fifty days after Easter Sunday, we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and their followers, and the beginning of […]
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – May 2022
I have for the past few months used my newsletter article to comment on the liturgical seasons. The liturgical calendar organizes the church year by identifying two cycles of feasts or holy days-one dependent upon the movable date of Easter Day, which always falls between March 22 and April 25, and the other dependent upon December 25, the fixed date of Christmas Day.
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – APRIL 2022
Many of the hymns and prayers we use on Sunday mornings plead with God to abide with us. We ask for God to be known. We ask for divine intervention. We ask for God to inspire peace in our hearts and in our world. Despite this plea how often do we take it upon ourselves […]
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – MAR 2022
“Blow a trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain!…” Joel 2:1 Kings did this from time to time in ancient days; they would call for a fast, a time for the whole community to rend their clothing, put ash on their heads, and repent of their sinful ways. But here in Joel, […]
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – FEB 2022
Dear friends in Christ at Peace and Grue, To see God is to be changed. During the season of Epiphany, we hear of those who first came to the realization that Jesus might actually be the Messiah. They watched as the heaven opened and a voice proclaimed, “This is my Son.” They tasted the water […]
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – JAN 2022
A new year always brings a sense of hope. The previous year with all its tragedies, problems, disappointments, failures, and sadness is now behind us, and a clean slate lies ahead. The old has passed away; the new has come. With whistles and horns and parties, we usher in the New Year.
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – DEC 2021
Advent is a season that messes with our sense of time. While we typically live with a fairly linear view of time, (one event coming after another) Advent puts in front of us passages about the end of history before moving in later weeks to prepare us for the coming of the Christ child and the dawn of a new age.
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – NOV 2021
What can you say about giving thanks that hasn’t already been said? Not much but who cares so here goes.
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