by Andreas Wagner | Mar 9, 2018 | Weekly Inspiration
The Quote: “Never judge a book by its cover, especially when the book is a person.” Mary Higgins-Clark Wisdom from Scripture: Joshua 2: 1-6 (NIV) Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So...
by Andreas Wagner | Mar 9, 2018 | Weekly Inspiration
The Quote: “We never know how high we are, till we are called to rise; And then, if we are true to plan, our statures touch the skies.” Emily Dickinson Wisdom from Scripture: Isaiah 60: 1-3 (NIV) “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord...
by Andreas Wagner | Mar 9, 2018 | Weekly Inspiration
The Quote: “Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth.” ― William Faulkner Wisdom from Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3: 16-17...
by Andreas Wagner | Mar 9, 2018 | Sermons
I have been severely “under the weather” in the last couple of days, as you can surely detect in my voice. I have had trouble speaking, and I have also had difficulty thinking and concentrating. So, I warn you, take this sermon with a grain of salt. Jesus’ cleansing...
by Andreas Wagner | Mar 9, 2018 | Sermons
The phrase that came to mind when I read this Sunday’s gospel lesson is “painful truth.” Nobody likes it. Nobody wants it. But all of us are asked every so often to deal with a painful truth. The boys in my family were hit by it last year. In late summer, after a...