Who Is My Neighbor?

Who Is My Neighbor?

The parable of the Good Samaritan teaches us what it means to be neighborly. Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.” Luke 10:36-37 English […]

Why Me? Why This? Why Now?

Why Me? Why This? Why Now?

How do we make sense of suffering when suffering doesn’t make sense? You can listen to today’s devotion by clicking on this SoundCloud link. The Hayman fire was the largest forest fire in Colorado history. Lutheran Valley Retreat and Ranch stands in the middle of the devastation. Cedar Mountain affords an amazing view of this destruction, a […]

A Christian Response to Tragedy – by Jennifer Brukiewa

A Christian Response to Tragedy – by Jennifer Brukiewa

Where do we turn in order to deal with the terrorist attacks in Paris? It might as well have happened on our soil. We grieve as though it has. We are not naïve to the likelihood that it is only a matter of time before it is on our soil . . . again. Though our […]