St. Peter's Lutheran Church

Author: Rev. Craig Ross

  • Listening To God

    Listening To God

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    email devotion, pentecost 9 Happy is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways. (Psalm 128:1) I’m not much of a camper, but I have always enjoyed hiking, and on vacation last week we had a chance to take a modest hike near Deep Creek Lake, along the Swallow Falls Canyon Trail in…

  • Cathedrals

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    Email Devotion, Pentecost 8 O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!  You have set your glory above the heavens. –Psalm 8:1, NRSV I was driving home from a day with our youth at this year’s Confirmation Camp at Camp Kirchenwald.  And as I was heading south along Mt. Wilson…

  • What shoes are in your closet?

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    New Day Sermon, Pentecost 7

  • Holy Vessels

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    Email Devotion, Pentecost 6 “Qodesh cheres … Holy vessels.”  That was the phrase the guest rabbi used in his comments.  But in describing the Jewish usage of the phrase, he noted that the description did not mean a vessel which embodies holiness in its nature, but that of an ordinary vessel holding holy things. The…

  • Icons and Talismans

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    Email Devotion, Pentecost 5 It has been my companion in ministry for more than thirty years.  I bought it early in 1983 as a senior seminarian in preparation for my first call.  It is my Occasional Service Book (OSB).  It has seen better days, like me … it’s a little creaky … a bit shopworn ……

  • On Track. Toot-toot!

    On Track. Toot-toot!

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    Email Devotion, Pentecost 4   As a little girl, I remember I hated to get my hands dirty. I loved dolls, Barbies, dress-up and make-up. I have two sisters and no brothers. While my sisters and I played a variety of sports, I wouldn’t consider us highly competitive. I was a bit of a girly-girl,…

  • Stealing Past Your Dragons

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    Email Devotion, Pentecost 3 But a dragon lies in ambush for the traveler; take care he does not bite you and inject in you his poison of unbelief …. In your journey to the Father of souls, your way lies past that dragon. How shall you pass him? You must have ‘your feet stoutly with…

  • Daddy-O, Junior, and Spook

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    Email Devotion, Trinity Sunday And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, ‘Abba! Father!’ –Galatians 4:6, NRSV Also there is a similitude of a Trinity shining in the body, soul and spirit. –George Ripley It feels a bit risky to define the Trinity in terms of…

  • The Finish Line

    The Finish Line

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    College Devotion, Easter 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. –2 Timothy 4:7, NRSV No, just joking … you have not won the race, yet.  But you are close, aren’t you? With finals on your doorstep, you can see the finish line.  With last-stroke editing touches…

  • Saints, each and every one…

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    Email Devotion, Easter 7 After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. –Revelation 7:9, NRSV The responses were not overwhelming ……