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Pastor 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 […]
Continue readingPastor 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 – 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 […]
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