Ascension Lutheran Church Podcast

Prayers That Don't Go The Way You Think

What about the prayers that go differently than requested? What about the times in our lives that the good things that we have prayed for don’t happen and in fact the exact opposite has happened?

I Am The Vine - You Are the Branches

Bind weed is a vine that wraps around everything it grows near. I think it got its name from binding up thrashers and combines during harvest or just because it binds itself to other plants and structures.

The Value of Quiet

Last week a word from 1 Thessalonians 3 caught my attention. You may remember it –the word “rapidly.” At this writing it’s a word from 1 Thessalonians 4. It is on the other end of the spectrum – quiet.

Even Jesus Had a Family

It’s easy to forget that Jesus grew up in family and they had their own ideas about Jesus just like we have our opinions about our own siblings. Jesus was the eldest in the family and while we do not have any recorded family conversations you can tell from two recorded encounters that it must have been difficult for Jesus. He obviously loved his family and took good care of his mother even as he was dying on the cross, but families are a different dynamic than friends, students and the general public.

Pray For the Rapid Spread of the Good News

In a culture where time and change move at warp speed we treasure slow times with family and nature. We sense that slowing is healthy. It brings clarity and direction.

Rules Made for Man

Sermon from June 2, 2024 at Tyler Campus

Greatness Through Service

The greatest in the kingdom of God are those who serve and give their lives for others, even unto death. Now who wants the job?

Being Repotted By God is Painful

Seems too much water and not enough water do similar stuff to roots. Leaves and stems can’t get water through rotted roots. Nor can they get water when none is present.

May 26 Sermon

Lessons From the Humming Bird

Unless there’s been a change of heart. Some Divine rewiring. We mimic hummingbirds in staking out instead of sharing. In ignorantly believing we were due. Or earned. Or deserved. Ignorantly denying what God gave.