My flag has been returned to me safe and sound, and those responsible have been duly chastised :-) It was a major relief to learn that it was a joke, and not some irate neighbour. :-)

Long fly the Maple Leaf!

This has been a unique week, as two things have changed for me. First, I bought another car, finally replacing the 1984 model Buick Regal I'd been driving for nearly 2 years. This one is a Buick Roadmaster, 1996, and it's very nice. Only bummer was that the 'service engine soon' light came on immediately after leaving the Secretary of State ( Read more... )

Long time no update ( Read more... )

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            Today we hear of another man who was in the way like Enoch and Abraham.  He was the man casting out demons in Jesus’ name.  The disciples forbade him because he did not follow them and Jesus, but Jesus quickly corrected them and explained, “Do not forbid him…for he who is not against us is on our side.”  The man through whom Jesus ( Read more... )

I am, tentatively, a homeowner!

More details to follow - be assured, excitement abounds. Although there are already plans afoot to TP the pastor's house...

Greetings friends,

Here's a link to the first newsletter we've put out here at the campus ministry.

Newsletter

It's an attempt to keep in touch with alumni, keep district congregations informed as to our activities and how we are working to take care of their members while in college, and lastly, an opportunity to help the district with fundraising ( Read more... )

Grace to you and Peace from God our Father and from the Lord, Jesus Christ, Amen.       The text for our consideration is the Gospel reading which was just read.

Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem.  Now when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with ( Read more... )

The Bread of Eternal Life
John 6:24-35
11th Sunday after Pentecost (B), 2006
Zion Lutheran Church and Christ The King Lutheran Chapel
Mt Pleasant, Michigan
Pastor Jonathon Bakker

Grace to you and Peace from God our Father and from the Lord, Jesus Christ, Amen.       The text for our consideration this day comes from the Gospel of St. John ( Read more... )

Here are some of those details I mentioned would follow (the wedding will still follow at a later date ( Read more... )