Pastor 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.
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – OCT 2021
In what ways are contemporary Americans like the Israelites of biblical times? How seriously do we Christians regard the individual responsibilities that we have toward family, neighbors, church or community? I’ve heard how hard it is to find people to teach Sunday School, work with youth, or serve on a church committee. And then we wonder why our churches are not growing, or why so many young people have strayed from the church.
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – SEPT 2021
After over a year with no minimal contact with little ones, Rally Sunday is our opportunity to celebrate the little ones in our midst. God loves little ones! God uses little ones to show us a community where we don’t have to put on airs. A topsy-turvy community where the first are last and the lowest is the greatest, and a little child is the way to God.
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – AUGUST 2021
Last summer it was a pandemic plague, this summer a drought and heat wave. Where is God in all this, behind it or working to end it? How much of this is simply the mysterious forces that occur naturally on this planet we call earth? How much responsibility do we humans carry for these odd patterns? These are complex dangerous questions we could argue over endlessly.
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – JUNE JULY 2021
Along with coffee, communion and potluck suppers, music constitutes a big part of community life in many Lutheran churches. This all changed with the pandemic. Singing, the most basic human impulse, suddenly came with a warning label.
Continue readingPastor Dan Hermanson – MAY 2021
Our identity is set! We are children of God, disciples of Christ, and workers for the sake of God’s mission. It is God’s mission that shapes the day to day live of God’s people. This mission begins with a clear understanding that God wants to have a relationship with us by becoming one of us in Jesus Christ. Listen to Jesus, watch him in action, as we have done this Easter season, and there can be no doubt as to God’s intent.
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