Tag: Colossians

  • A Strange Faith

    Introduction While I served as pastor at First Lutheran Church, Potter, and Grace Lutheran Church, Gurley, in western Nebraska from 1989 to 1991, I worked with several others to organize several gatherings of clergy and lay leaders from the congregations of the Nebraska Synod’s Trails West Cluster. The aspiration was to bring the congregations together…

  • Hidden with Christ

    “Set your mind on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” (Colossians 3:2-3, NRSV)

  • Dwelling

    “Let the word of Christ, rich as it is, dwell in you.” (Colossians 3:16a, LH)

  • The Carpenter’s Greatest Work

    “[Christ] cancelled the bond that stood against us with all its claims, snatching it up and nailing it to the cross.” (Colossians 2:14, LH)

  • One Who Dwells

    “Let the word of Christ, rich as it is, dwell in you.” (Colossians 3:11c)