Category: Pastor’s Posts
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The Problem of Pain
Pastor Patrick’s Perspective: July 2025 Various issues prevent people from hearing the good news of Jesus Christ. Some are intellectual issues that block belief. The problem of suffering is one. The problem of suffering has been expressed in various ways. If God is all powerful, why does suffering exist? The problem goes back to the…
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Summertime
Pastor Patrick’s Perspective: June 2025 1Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,Whose sin is covered.3When I kept silent, my bones grew oldThrough my groaning all the day long.4For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;My vitality was turned into the drought of summer.5I acknowledged my sin to You,And my iniquity I have not…
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Evangelism Today
Pastor Patrick’s Perspective: May 2025 “And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.” Matthew 22:10 ESV Recently, I have been reading on how we at Peace Lutheran can do evangelize better. I am halfway through a stack…
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Holy Week & Resurrection Services, 2025
Peace Lutheran will be celebrating Palm Sunday on April 14 at 10:30 am, Maundy Thursday on April 17 at 6:30 pm, Good Friday on April 18 at 6:30 pm, Easter Brunch on April 20 at 9:00 am, followed by an Easter Egg Hunt at 9:45, and service at 10:30 am.
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Holy Week RMA Luncheons, 2025
Peace Lutheran will be hosting the Rockdale Ministerial Alliance’s Holy Week Luncheons on April 14, 15, 16 at 12:00-1:00. A light lunch with dessert will be provided. Each day a different pastor from town will present a message. Bring a non-perishable food item for Rockdale Christian Services. Freewill offerings for the Ministerial Alliance will be…
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God Makes All Things New
Pastor Patrick’s Perspective: April 2025 For forty days, we have journeyed through the wilderness of sin and sorrow, remembering our need for a Savior. We have heard the call to repentance and felt the weight of Christ’s suffering as He made His way to the cross. As the dawn of Easter approaches, we prepare to…
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About Clergy Retreats
Pastor Patrick’s Perspective: March 2025 I joyfully remember the annual NALC pastor retreat I attended in January. This gathering provided not only a chance for learning but also a reunion with fellow pastors and a time for spiritual renewal that will enhance my ministry among you. Before the retreat, the NALC gathered pastors in the…
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Lent 2025
Lent is here! Or, it will be soon. The forty days of Lent begin on Ash Wednesday and end with the breaking of the Easter vigil. Christians began to keep Lent in the early days of the church. By the third century of our Lord, the church began to prepare for celebration of the resurrection.…
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Singing Epiphany
Pastor Patrick’s Perspective: February 2025 “To Jordan came our Lord the Christ,To do God’s pleasure willing.”(Martin Luther, LBW 79) Over break my son went through the hymnal to sing all the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany hymns. So I pointed out the Epiphany hymn, “To Jordan came the Christ Our Lord”, and he went to the…
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A New Calendar Year
Pastor Patrick’s Perspective: January 2025 “From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the LORD is to be praised!” Psalm 113:3. Happy New Year again; this time we turn the page in secular calendars rather than our liturgical calendars. As we begin this new year, we should take time to thank…