Comments for All Saints Lutheran Church of Bloomington Normal

Comment on Change I Can Appreciate by Holly Schurter

Holly Schurter — Sat, 22 May 2010 00:53:20 +0000

Oh, Beth — I’m sorry about your grandma! God is so faithful — I know He will keep her, and you, in His care.

Comment on Change I Can Appreciate by Beth Neikirk

Beth Neikirk — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:10:58 +0000

Thank you so much for the article on change. I went to see my “Gram” at the nursing home yesterday. Her mind is slipping and she is changing right before my eyes. She is OK most of the time, but yesterday after Pastor and John Cross left she was a little down. Yes, change is difficult, unwanted and down right uncomfortable sometimes. But thanks for reminding me of the constant love of Jesus Christ! No matter what any of us are going through…he is there by our side. Thanks Holly!
Hugs,
Beth :)

Comment on Ecumenism by rich

rich — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:11:03 +0000

Praise to our Lord. A rational comment about the diverse “family of God.” [].. Our prayers are with your community of believers.

Comment on Word alone, Faith alone, Grace alone by Lutheran Church: What Is It And What Do They Believe?

Lutheran Church: What Is It And What Do They Believe? — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:51:28 +0000

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Comment on Much to ponder by Holly

Holly — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:50:53 +0000

This also makes me think about how casual I am toward the many Bibles and portions of Scripture we have in our home. I can read Scripture any time I want, and I take that for granted.

Comment on New Beginning by Holly

Holly — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:06:17 +0000

I miss you all, Jen!!

Comment on New Beginning by Jen

Jen — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:17:42 +0000

Oh, the Beth Moore study sounds incredible!!! You are a phenominal guide to the word of God. I know those attending the study are gaining a ton of insite what a combo! (Holly and Beth)!!! Praise God

Comment on More Random Advent Thoughts by Jane Smolen

Jane Smolen — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:39:10 +0000

And now that I’ve read it a second (and third) time, it IS brilliant. Nice job, mom.

Comment on Nothing new under the sun. Eccl. 1:9 by Holly

Holly — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:49:49 +0000

Wouldn’t it be great if we did what is right simply because we love our Lord?

Comment on All Saints by Ed

Ed — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:51:00 +0000

The Church is of ‘All Saints’ – A society of possible gods and goddesses
“Has it not been written in your Law, ‘I said, your are gods’?” (Jn 10:34)

” It may be possible for each to think too much of his own potential glory hereafter; it is hardly possible for him to think too often or too deeply about that of his neighbour. The load, or weight, or burden of my neighbour’s glory should be laid daily on my back, a load so heavy that only humility can carry it, and the backs of the proud will be broken.

It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship, or else a horror and a corruption such as you now meet, if at all, only in a nightmare.

All day long we are, in some degree, helping each other to one or other of these destinations. It is in the light of these overwhelming possibilities, it is with the awe and the circumspection proper to them, that we should conduct all our dealings with one another, all friendships, all loves, all play, all politics.

There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations–these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat.

But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit–immortal horrors or everlasting splendours.

This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn: We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously–no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption.

And our charity must be a real and costly love, with deep feeling for the sins in spite of which we love the sinner–no mere tolerance, or indulgence which parodies love as flippancy parodies merriment.

Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbour is the holiest object presented to your senses. If he is your Christian neighbour he is holy in almost the same way, for in him also Christ vere latitat–the glorifier and the glorified, Glory Himself, is truly hidden.”

— C.S. Lewis (The Weight of Glory)