Category Archives: Musings
Pastor Dan Hermanson – APRIL 2021
Every catechism deals with the Sacrament. Libraries are full of books of dogma that define teachings about the Lord’s Supper to protect it from misuse. Committees and commissions set the rules for who should come to a meal they call the Lord’s.
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – FEB 2021
Yes, we are on the verge of Lent once more. Lent means spring and tears. During Lent our Sunday readings will tell of a personal journey, the journey of one human through human suffering and human crucifixion which become all the human journeys everywhere.
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – JAN 2021
Dear friends in Christ at Peace and Grue, Do you make New Year's resolutions? Stop smoking, lose weight; exercise more, more sleep, whatever excess or overindulgence it is that nags at you. St. Paul in his letter to Titus (2:11-14) lays out a resolution that you can embrace as a Christian. An opportunity for training […]
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – DEC 2020
The best place to see Jesus showing us the way is in the upper room where he “took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me’”
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – NOV 2020
Dear friends in Christ at Peace and Grue, "Truly, I say to you, I shall not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God." Mark 14:25 These words from Mark’s account of the Last Supper remind us that when we come together, […]
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – OCT 2020
As we move into the Fall season, we are taking steps to move worship back into our buildings safely. As a community of faith, our primary concern is to follow Jesus’ commandment to love our neighbor. This means we safeguard the health and well being of our members and the general public. To achieve this goal we will be implementing the "Minnesota Employer Preparedness Plan for Safely Reopening Faith Based Communities and Places of Worship.”
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – AUG 2020
From the very beginning, Christian believers have gathered for worship, prayer, instruction, and “breaking bread” to remember Jesus, the One who called them into one Body, the Church.
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – MAY 2020
What we are experiencing during these challenging times is a health crisis, a family crisis, a community crisis, and a financial crisis. Through it all we trust that God is with us, that God has got this, that God is bigger than the coronavirus crisis.
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – MAR 2020
Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white... suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, […]
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – FEB 2020
Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus" (John 12:20-21). In spite of the time and distance that separates his world from ours, Jesus continues to inspire people to […]
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