Preachers Front Porch Ponderings: Recent Episodes
Rev. Stephen Blenkush
A weekly reflection on Sunday's Gospel reading.A ministry of Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Pequot Lakes MN
Confessions. Humility. The Ordinary being Transformed to do the Extraordinary. It's All Good.
Reflections on the past week at our nations' capital and ponderings concerning baptism and being part of the community of Christ
Today is Dec. 21st, the shortest day of the year. The sun will set here in north central Minnesota at 4:32, and with all this darkness, it is all the more difficult for whom this is not the "happiest time of the year." If this is true for you, come and listen and reflect.
This Sunday we will celebrate Reformation Sunday as well the Rite of Affirmation of Baptism.
As Bob Dylan so appropriability sings, "Your gonna have to serve somebody", today's reading from Matthew 22 gives us who we are to serve.
Today we are given a miserable and nasty parable that if it were made into a movie is would be considered a HORROR movie! Let's hope there is more going on here than what forst meets our eyes and ears!
In this weeks reading from Matthew 21:33-46 we hear about a landowner, a vineyard and some cranky tenants.
Oh, and we have a name change!
Today we hear the Apostle Paul urging us to present our lives as a living sacrifice for the glory of God and the benefit of our neighbors in need.
In our reading from Matthew 16:13-20 we encounter Jesus and his disciples at Caesarea Phillippi where Jesus asks the question, "Who do you say that I?"
Today’s reading remind us that it is not what enters our body that defiles, but rather it is what comes from our mouths that defile. We also encounter a persistent woman pleading for healing on behalf of her daughter.
Today we hear about how Elijah encounters the still,small voice of God. Andwe hear about Peter attempting to walk on water.
In our reading from Matthew’s Gospel we hear about the powerful, subtle nature of the Kingdom of Heaven.
In today's reading from Matthew wed hear Jesus invite us to lay our burdens down and take up his yoke.
in this episode God invites us to take up Jeus' yoke and walk in his dust so that we might be the people God created us to be.
7.5.20
Jesus talks about the value of offering a cold drink of water and the importance of hospitality to all.
In this weeks gospel from Matthew 10 we hear some worrisome words, and yet, Jesus tells us to do not worry. Easier said than done for most of us.
Matthew 9:35—10:8 [9-23]
The mission of Jesus' followers is to continue the mission of Jesus himself. Here, he instructs his first disciples as to how they might proclaim the gospel through their words and deeds.
Comr join the dance, come join the conversation, come and all the Holy Trinity remind you that you are love, forgiven and invited to the table.
This Sunday we will celebrate the Festival of Pentecost. Come join us as we consider how the Holy Spirit might be stirring us in our lives and our communites.
On Sunday May 17th we will observe the 6th Sunday after Easter where Jesus speaks of both love and commandments to love one another,as well as the promise of the Advocate.
OSLC Pequot Lakes is a podcast ministry of Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Pequot Lakes MN. Each week we will take a look at one of the assigned readings for the week. This week we recall the Jesus' words, "I am the way, the truth and the life."
Pequot Lakes is located in north central Minnesota, a part of the state filled with lakes and woodlands.
Our Savior's Lutheran is a congregation that has served this community for 125 years.