Baustelle Berlin Archives

Jesus said it is what comes out of a person’s heart that defiles. So what is in our hearts? Since we do not have spiritual x-ray vision, it is sometimes difficult for us to see … Read More

This past Sunday in our sermon series in 2 Peter 1, we looked at the fifth link in the golden chain of Christian graces the apostle commends to his readers. Make every effort to add … Read More

There is a surprising richness in the language of the epistles of Simon Peter—the fisherman-turned-apostle. Peter was not a man formally educated in matters of Greek syntax and grammar. He was an ordinary man—not a … Read More

It seems life is always too full and that we have so little time to interact with one another during the course of the week. Sadly, we also struggle to find and make time for … Read More

On Sunday our epistle reading was from 1 Corinthians 9. 24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as … Read More

Just a preview of part of the Epistle reading for this coming Sunday, from Colossians 3, which will be the text for our last sermon in the Epiphany series, “In View of God’s Mercy.” 12 … Read More

We are already nearly half way through the Epiphany season, which is five weeks long this year. The number of Sundays after the Epiphany depends on the date of Easter. When Easter is early, Epiphany … Read More

At our house we go through a little ritual, every year it seems, usually a few weeks before Christmas. It goes something like this: What do you want for Christmas? Oh, I don’t know . … Read More

I hope you and your family are experiencing something of the joy of Advent, which is desperately needed to break through the heaviness that so often creeps into life at this time of year. I … Read More

I am still in denial that Bishop Grote is no longer with us. I guess I met him when I was 16, attending what I believe was my second diocesan council with my dad. It … Read More