American Ev. Lutheran Church
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July 6, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 19:13-20 Good afternoon, Bible Study Folks. Yes, it’s afternoon. On Saturday, while working on my computer I picked up a tag along that kept putting screens up and prevented me from checking my security and told me I needed to open the same kind and pay again for it. So, I was at the Geek Squad this morning, and it took them about 5 minutes to get rid of all that garbage and get the computer working again. The best thing was that ther

June 29, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 19:1-7 Good morning my dear friends in Christ. Welcome to our Monday morning Bible study on the Acts of the Apostles. This coming weekend (the 5th of July) American Lutheran in Tucson has Gospel Music Sunday with music led by our Gospel singers, drums with Jeff Daniels of Black Cat Bones, and Pastor Taylor at the piano. After our worship service we will gather for a Summer Picnic themed carry-in meal. Pastor and Melody will provide a

June 23, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 18:24-28 Good morning, and may God bless your day with abundant love. I have two quick comments about events this Friday and Sunday. The donut and coffee hour before worship will be held in the narthex. Call church if you have not already let us know that you are coming. Of course, fruit trays and veggie trays are great too. This Friday is the day for our lunch group, the Foodies of Faith, to go to Olive Garden on Broadway for an 11

June 22, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 18:18-23 Good morning my dear friends in Christ. I must admit that I continue to hope that this will be a summer in which we don't hit that 110-degree temperature, but it certainly seems like this week, for a couple of days, we could get close to it. Please be careful this week as you are out in the community and be sure to have plenty of water with you even if you are planning only a short drive to the grocery store. Over the years

June 16, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 18:12-17 Good morning, dear friends. Today's reading from the Acts of the Apostles 18:12-17 is a quite different kind of picture of what Paul, Silas, and Timothy were facing every day. in our reading today we find ourselves in the judgement of Gallio, the proconsul of Asia. He is a Roman official with a great deal of power and authority when it came to the affairs of the communities and their conflicts. His job was to keep the Roman

June 15, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 18:1-11 Good morning, my dear friends in Bible Study, and may the richest blessings of the Father sustain and keep you through this day. Yesterday was a happy birthday for our member Regina. Happy Birthday Regina! I hope that your day was peaceful and filled with the love of your family and husband Roy. God bless you both in your later life journey. Yesterday we discovered a little taste of the monsoon humidity at worship. Courage de

June 9, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 17:32-34 Good morning my dear friends in Christ. I had a question yesterday that kind of hit me out of the blue. Here it is. Can a person practice witchcraft and be a Christian too? I hadn't thought about that for many years. At one time we had an encounter with a member who may have been involved with witchcraft. The person ultimately left the congregation, and I am unclear if their faith in Christ was shattered by the attractivenes

June 8, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 17:22-31 Good morning on this hot desert day. It is wonderful to be back home in Tucson, and with the community of faithful people at American Ev. Lutheran Church. We drove around about 75% of the coastline of Lake Michigan, and Jared and Jesse were even brave enough to run to the water on the beach in Ludington, Michigan, and stick their toes in the lake. The water temperature was 44 degrees. We told them they could take a dip in the

May 21, 2026: Thursday Bible Study on Psalm 55 Blessings and Peace for you this morning, and every day. At 5:30AM today, I was out in the refreshing quiet and comfort of 63 degrees. God's creation is beautiful! I can't quite say the same thing for the morning at 9AM when the heat was coming up and the drivers were getting much more aggressive. Even in our lives, someone who we have trusted, perhaps a friend, or a casual acquaintance, or a family member, or a co-worker with w

May 19, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 17:16-21 Good morning, dear friends. Today is a big day at our house, James will be walking for graduation this evening, and another day tomorrow will be busy as Jared graduates from middle school. It has been a busy couple of days, and it doesn't look like the week's busy schedule is going to ease up. To that end I am going to get started on Paul's time in Athens without the support of Timothy and Silas. Athens is a community that i

May 18, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 17:10-15 When I begin this study today, it will indeed be in the morning, however Melody is under that weather, so she will not be driving today. That means that Transport for school, work, and Pima Medical are in my lap today. So, let's start again. Christ is Risen! He Is Risen Indeed! In a few days it will be another year before we have the joy of that greeting being used in our worship life, and hopefully, it has been used in your

May 14, 2026: Thursday Bible Study on Psalm 54 Blessing and Peace be with you on this warm desert morning. I must admit that it was beautiful at 5AM this morning as I drove Jesse to his work at Handicar. With windows down it was about 75 degrees. I hope that your week is going well, and that your NBA playoff team is still in the running. This week we are studying the 54th Psalm. It holds for us some important messages. Perhaps the most important message is to let God be the

May 12, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 17:1-9 Good morning, dear friends in Christ. I want to remind you that Sunday worship has been very comfortable. Right now, the coolers are very effective and keep the temperature almost too cool in the Sanctuary on Sunday morning. I also am teaching a Sunday school class this week on "Faith and Civic Life, the well-being of All”. We will meet at 9AM and finish by about 9:45AM. You can certainly come and have a cup of coffee and a do

May 11, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 16:25-40 Blessings to you on this beautiful morning. Just so you are aware, my sister-in-law's celebration of life has been set for late May. Melody and I, along with two of our sons, will be headed off to Michigan for a journey that we believe will last about two weeks. We will depart early on Sunday, May 24th, and be back not later than Saturday June 6th in time for Gospel Music Sunday and the "Bring your favorites" carry-in potluck

May 5, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 16:16-24 Blessing and Peace from our Lord Jesus Christ who has guided the Church with His Holy Spirit for nearly 2000 years now. May He guide us all in the days ahead that already seem to be filled with so many things that are moving against our Savior every day. I pray that the joy we know in one another as Christ's children will continue and give His Church greater strength to act with grace and forgiveness, rather than a seeking of

May 4, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 16:11-15 Good morning my dear friends who are studying along with me in the Acts of the Apostles. I hope that you had a good weekend and that your favorite basketball playoff team is still in the running. I've watched a few of the 7th games and they get intense! Please hold Pastor Ron and Becky in your prayers for their travel to Minnesota and home in Eagan. Becky will have some further treatments for a health condition which she has,

April 30, 2026: Thursday Bible Study on Psalm 53 Good morning on this beautiful day. Some of you may have had rain last night, but we live near Kolb and Golf Links, and we only had drops of mud on our cars. I was really encouraged by the clouds and the wind, especially around about 7PM. Please pray for Bubbles who is recovering from teeth removal and jaw surgery in Mexico yesterday. She recovered from distemper, but it created many bone structure issues in her face. Please a

April 28, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 16:6-10 Good morning, dear Bible Study participants. I’m really loving these cool late April mornings. Jesse and I are out at about 5:30AM on his way to work. Now it is even daylight before we leave the house. Please pray for peace in our world. Pray for resolution of the U.S. Iran war, so that so many countries can receive the products that are shipped through the Strait of Hormuz. Pray for the Ukraine and Russia in their war. Bri

April 27, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 16:1-5 Good Sunday Evening, or good morning, whenever you can get to this study. I am writing on Sunday Evening this week to free up some time on Monday. Thanks for understanding. We still have no idea of when we are going to Michigan for our Sister-in-law's celebration of Life, but we are confident that it is coming up late in May, or in early June. I will inform the office, and you when I know the date. Please offer prayers of tha

April 21, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 15:36-41 Good morning! Christ has Risen! He has Risen Indeed! Yes, it is still Easter though it’s easy to let go of the fact that Church Year Calendar places the celebration of Easter as a six week-long event in our lives. I know that Christmas seems to be bigger in terms of its impact on our culture and society, but Christ Birth is celebrated in the Church for 12 days. Yes, I know, we are always celebrating both of these world-cha