By Macy Froetschner Grief is often associated with death. We tell ourselves and others that grief is the appropriate response to losing the life of someone we love. While it is certainly true that grief is a response to the …
By Elizabeth Crawford Stricken, smitten, and afflicted See Him dying on the tree! ‘Tis the Christ, by man rejected; Yes, my soul, ‘tis He, ‘tis He! ‘Tis the long-expected Prophet, David’s Son, yet David’s Lord; Proofs I see sufficient of …
By Elizabeth Crawford Come to Calvary’s holy mountain, Sinners, ruined by the fall; Here a pure and healing fountain Flows for you, for me, for all, In a full, perpetual tide, Opened when our Savior died. (LSB 435, stz. 1) …
By Elizabeth Crawford My song is love unknown, My Savior’s love to me, Love to the loveless shown That they might lovely be. Oh, who am I That for my sake My Lord should take Frail flesh and die? (LSB …
By Elizabeth Crawford In the cross of Christ I glory, Tow’ring o’er the wrecks of time. All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime. (LSB 427, stz. 1) Now that we are in the middle of the …
By Elizabeth Crawford There was no spot in me by sin untainted; Sick with sin’s poison, all my heart had fainted; My heavy guilt to hell had well-nigh brought me, Such woe it wrought me. (LSB 439, stz. 6) As …
By Elizabeth Crawford O Lord, throughout these forty days You prayed and kept the fast; Inspire repentance for our sin, And free us from our past. (LSB 418, stanza 1) The hymn “O Lord, throughout these Forty Days” is a …
How interesting that Valentine’s Day, February 14th, the day we celebrate love, is St. Valentine’s death date. At first glance it is odd, but the Christian can see the beautiful association of love and death. In a way, agape love or sacrificial love is death; it requires doing what is necessary to uphold another’s life – even laying down one’s life for another. Jesus died on the cross, not merely to show us He loves us, but also to pay for our sins and our shame. His act of love enables us to put to death our love of worldly sinful things. St. Valentine befriended Julia, healed her from her blindness, and shared the Gospel with her. Jesus befriends us and heals us of a different type of blindness, the blindness we have towards our sin. Once we see our sin, we understand the fullness of the Gospel and the Word of God through the Holy Spirit.
By Macy Froetschner Canada has one of the highest euthanasia rates in the world. According to The Guardian, euthanasia is among the top six leading causes of death. Why is Canada, and many states in the United States, choosing to …
By Lizzie Gatchell As winter approaches and fall is in full swing, nature is beautiful yet decaying before our eyes. With the onset of winter comes the decay of leaves on the trees, the grass on the ground, and the …
