This Sunday How’s your appetite? Moms are pit bulls when it comes to protecting their children’s appetites. They know that if the child eats a cookie right before a meal, he or she will feel full but won’t get the nutrition he or she needs from the meal because they won’t be hungry. Some grandpas hate that.…

This Sunday Passing the baton Olympic runners train for a lifetime to not just run the race, but to pass the baton in a relay. No matter how well you run, it will not go well if you mess up passing the baton. St. Andrew, by God’s grace we have the baton of the Good…

This Sunday Education for ??? Boxtops for Education is a program to use shopping rebates to fund education. But what’s education for? Psalm 100 gives us God’s answer. He created and redeemed to praise him. If education doesn’t lead to praising God, it fails. If knowing the truth doesn’t lead to knowing God and his love, it…

This Sunday I’m sinking Have you ever cried out, “I’m sinking!”? If you were sinking in water or quicksand, you probably added, “Help me!” If you were sinking in debt, you may have been seeking a sympathetic ear or financial advice. The author of Psalm 130 was sinking in guilt and shame. But he doesn’t…

This Sunday How do I stop worrying?  You can probably count on the fingers of one hand the people in your life who “really get you.” Jesus proved he belongs on that list. For example, Jesus knows you worry. And he knows your worries have the potential to block your view of God’s promises. So…

This Sunday Deliver us from evil (inside and outside) The writer of Psalm 73 confesses he’s in the grip of envy. To envy is to want someone else’s life. It’s to feel not only that they don’t deserve the good life they have; but it’s to want it for yourself. This kind of spiritual self-pity…

This Sunday Praise the Lord It’s more than a Pinterest board, the full name of a defunct televangelist group (PTL), or a spontaneous outburst of a believer’s gratitude. In fact, the setting of those words in Psalm 146 have more to do with justice and care for the poor or sick. Find the interesting juxtaposition…