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<p>Wednesday, December 8, 2021 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>December 5, 2021 Dear friends, Our hymn of the day for Sunday is “Comfort, Comfort Ye My People,” based on a beautiful passage from Isaiah 40. It’s God’s call to his prophets and apostles to bring good news to his people. This is the kind of good news that a<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2021/12/06/how-beautiful-are-the-feet/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">How beautiful are the feet</span></a></span></p

<p>Sunday, December 5, 2021 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>Wednesday, December 1, 2021 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>November 29, 2021 Dear friends, Advent wreaths are a relatively modern tradition, only going back in America to about 100 years ago, but the church has always marked time and seasons one way or another. One of the legacies we enjoy from centuries of wholesome tradition is our lectionary: the<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2021/11/29/sundays-in-advent/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Sundays in Advent</spa

<p>Sunday, November 28, 2021 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>Wednesday, November 24, 2021 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>November 22, 2021 Dear friends, It’s such a common expression that, like many turns of phrase, it so easily loses its meaning. “Thank God!” gets bandied about like cheap slang. And yet, there is something ironic about how regularly it gets used. In fact, perhaps it should be used more<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2021/11/22/thank-god/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Thank God!</span></a></span></p>

<p>Sunday, November 21, 2021 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>Wednesday, November 17, 2021 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>November 15, 2021 Dear Friends, O Lord, so rule and govern our hearts and minds by Your Holy Spirit that, ever mindful of the end of all things and the day of Your just judgment, we may be stirred up to holiness of living here and dwell with You forever<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2021/11/15/the-end-of-all-things/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">The end of all things</span></a></span></p>

<p>Sunday, November 14, 2021 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>Wednesday, November 10, 2021 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>November 8, 2021 Dear Friends, Be busy with prayer. It is your privilege as children of God to bring all your cares before your heavenly Father. Do not think of it as moaning or grumbling or complaining, which accomplish nothing. Quite to the contrary, your prayers are effective. They prompt<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2021/11/08/the-prayer-of-the-righteous/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">The prayer o

<p>Sunday, November 7, 2021 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>November 1, 2021 (All Saints’ Day) Dear Friends, Today we thank God for all his faithful departed, those who were loved by him and given a blessed death, those of whom the world was not worthy. There’s a beautiful Norwegian hymn written for the commemoration. Here’s a recording, and here<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2021/11/01/behold-a-host-arrayed-in-white/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Behold a Host

<p>Sunday, October 31, 2021 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>Wednesday, October 27, 2021 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>October 25, 2021 Dear Friends, The Church has a color-coded calendar. You look at it every Sunday in the paraments (decorative cloths) that are on the pulpit, lectern, and altar, and in the stole (looks like a scarf) that I wear around my neck. It’s a helpful way to observe<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2021/10/25/the-church-calendar/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">The Church Calendar</span></a></span><