Phyllis Kersten
Phyllis Kersten is a Lutheran pastor in Forest Park, Illinois.
Two of Merlyn's daughters, members of our church, asked me to visit their mom as the end of her five-month battle with cancer drew near. Merlyn was 72, and her life had not been easy. She was widowed at 43 and raised her four children by herself. When I came to see her, she was alone, lying in bed by the window in the back room of the house. One of her daughters introduced me and left.
February 27, 2012
I can't fool myself into believing that I've gotten close to the kind of costly discipleship that Jesus is speaking of in Mark 8.
February 21, 2012
For some Christians the most important characteristic of God is God's "unchangeableness," God the same--yesterday, today and forever. For myself, I value those instances in which God changes God's mind, "repents," we might even say, of past behavior.
February 20, 2012
What can we possibly find in Mark's terse temptation account to help us in our wilderness wanderings?
February 14, 2012
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