May 31, 2023 | Earthen Vessels, Indiana Lay Leadership, News, President
The now-popular Feast of the Holy Trinity developed relatively slowly and was not established as an official Feast of the Church until the fourteenth century. It is unique among the festivals of the Church Year, in that it does not celebrate an event or a person from...May 29, 2023 | Education, IN-KY Lutheran Schools, Lutheran Schools
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit The gospel for this coming Sunday (Holy Trinity Sunday) is Matthew 28:16-20. The word “Trinity” is not found in the Scriptures but there are places where the trinity is present. All three are mentioned...May 24, 2023 | Earthen Vessels, Indiana Lay Leadership, News, President
Although the Feast of Pentecost Day is adorned with the color Red, signifying the fire of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:3–4), it is the culmination and crescendo of the Easter Season. Indeed, it is the Fiftieth Day and the “Eighth Sunday” of Easter, the eighth Eighth Day,...May 17, 2023 | Earthen Vessels, Indiana Lay Leadership, News, President
The “Rogation Days” that historically followed the Sixth Sunday of Easter, that is, the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday immediately preceding the Feast of the Ascension, were days of asking God to bless the fields and grant a fruitful harvest. The practice may have...May 15, 2023 | Education, IN-KY Lutheran Schools
Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer The gospel for this coming Sunday (Seventh Sunday of Easter) is John 17:1-11. In this text Jesus prays for himself and his disciples. The last thing Jesus did before leaving for the Garden of Gethsemane was lift His eyes heavenward and...
