By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch
August 29, 2021
James 1:17–27 Mark 7:1–8, 14–15, 21–23

SILENT REFLECTION “My actions are my only true belongings.

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch
August 22, 2021
Joshua 24: 1-2, 14-18 John 6: 56-69
Our guide, Max, had started the day badly.

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch
Dear Friends in Christ at St. Stephen:  With the recent extreme uptick in COVID-19 cases in Tarrant

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch
John 6: 51-58

Margaret and I decided to become vegetarians about a year and a half ago.

By Rev. Dr. Wayne Menking
2 Samuel 18: 5-9, 15, 31-33 | Ephesians 4:25-32 | John 6:35, 41-51

In his last

By Rev. Dr. Fritz RitschII Corinthians 8: 7-15
Have you ever described someone as “a god” or “godlike”? I know we

By Rev. Dr. Fritz RitschI Samuel 8: 4-15,
Mark 4: 26-34

“Smallness is subversive,” Sarah Ruhl writes, “because smallness can creep

By Rev. Dr. Fritz RitschMark 3: 20-35

My wife Margaret teaches college students Strategic Communications—public relations, marketing, so forth. She has

By Rev. Dr. Warner BaileyJohn 3: 1-17
In our Old Testament lesson, God makes a startling announcement. God is ready to

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch Psalm 23,
John 10: 1-10

In October of 1993, exactly one week after our first child