Susan's Pendulum

"This is My blood ..." Jesus says in the gospels written by Matthew and Mark. But from Paul we read this very cool (and yet mind...

In the Lutheran church, preaching comes after the Bible readings and before the Lord's Supper.  We visited a church once where the Lord...

"This is the feast of victory for our God ..." WHAT is the feast?  Why are we singing this when the feast is not offered? ...

Some Christians think that we commit sins, and then we go to confession or go to church or go to the Lord's Supper, and [zap] Jesus wipe...

... He gave it to His disciples and said, "Take, eat; this is My body."  ... "Drink of it, all of you ..." Hey!  He g...

My 3-yr-old-at-the-time granddaughter drew this picture recently.  It was one of many, including making some letters, drawing a chicken,...

I used to love "Built on the Rock the Church Doth Stand."  It has some great lines and a good, strong tune.  But when I began to...

Pastor Stuckwisch writes about the importance of discerning the Lord's body and blood in the Sacrament.  In the article, he points out ...

So, is fussiness a bad thing?  I've often noticed the particular care my pastor takes with the items on the altar after communion.  He s...

The Lord told Abraham, "[Eliezer] shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir"  (Genesis 1...

Surely you couldn't take things for granted as much as I do.  Surely not. The post-communion prayer we've used recently speaks of...

In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve hid. They sinned. They hid. God came. He called to them. They said they were hiding because they we...

Luther, on the Lord's Supper: You've sinned here.  And you've sinned there.  When you want to be free from your trouble, then ...

Today's story is from Exodus 24. The Lord calls Moses, Joshua, Nadab, Abihu, and the seventy elders up on the mountain. The Israelit...

In Matthew 13, Jesus says, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all ...

Lutherans have been told that transubstantiation is bad bad bad. That's what the Catholics believe, right? On occasion, when I have me...

In the synoptic gospels, at the Words of Institution on Maundy Thursday, Jesus talks about not drinking of the fruit of the vine again until...

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of th...

Lauri writes about her 3-yr-old's desire to commune. Joy too writes of her toddler's distress over not being communed. All my chi...

Because the article was dated in May, some of you may have missed Pr Stuckwisch's post about "early" first communion and ongo...