Peace Lutheran Church Blog

The Gift of Giving

Acts 20:35 NIV 35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said:  ‘It is more blessed...

Be Still and Find Peace

Dawn Lubker, Ministry Assistant  There’s so much going on in our world that makes me a little anxious, worried, troubled, helpless, etc. Maybe you feel the same way, too…sometimes. Today I’m simply going to...

I’m Not a Builder

It’s kind of embarrassing to admit, but I’m not much of a builder. I’m also the least mechanically inclined man in my family, which is sad since 2 of my grandpas were mechanics. In...

Parenting Teens

As some of you may know, I have two teenagers at home. I have found this to be one of the most draining, frustrating stages of parenthood yet. Personally, babies were the hardest, but...

Habits

Habits!  There are good ones.  There are bad ones.  Either way, they are difficult to change.  One social science author made the observation that, to modify a long-time habit, it takes one month of...

Summer Blessings

Psalm 150 NIV Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary;    praise him in his mighty heavens.Praise him for his acts of power;    praise him for his surpassing greatness. Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,    praise him...

Jesus in the Storm

A few weeks ago, Gloria and I flew to Florida. The only other time we were in Florida was 12 years ago when we visited Disney World. This was a trip we had initially...

Proud to be an American, but…

Romans 13: Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what...

Discipline is Good

Not too long ago, I was talking with the Student ministry Bible study on Sunday mornings about discipline and how it is not always connected to punishment. We discussed different lessons that we’ve learned...

Shining Jesus’ Light

At the beginning of June, Peace hosted over 200 children for our annual Vacation Bible School. It was five activity-packed mornings, in which the children learned all about how they could Shine Jesus’ Light to the...