The Fruit of the Spirit is... GOODNESS. But what makes one good in God’s sight? What if I’m not good enough? Our Good Shepherd invites us to know His goodness and mercy that we might bring His goodness to a world in desperate need of what is truly good.

Join us for the third session of our study of Luke's Gospel account.

For those of you who have been reading this blog, you know that I love baseball. When I came home from Beautiful Savior yesterday, I changed into my Brewers’ attire, fired up the grill…

Have you ever been the recipient of a random act of kindness? God’s kindness is anything but random. And He has a plan to use you to share it with others.

Join us for the third session of our study of Luke's Gospel account.

Have you ever found yourself doing some Monday morning quarterbacking? I’m not talking about second guessing some of the decisions made by the Packers’ coaching staff, but reviewing things you did the previous week and thinking you should have done something else.

Patience is a virtue... which many lack. It’s also one of the fruits of the Spirit patiently worked in us by a loving God so we can know the joy of following the King in His Kingdom.

Join us for the second session of our study of Luke's Gospel account.

As some of you know, I drive a fully electric car (a 2016 Mitsubishi i-MIEV, to be exact, of which only around 2,100 were ever sold in the U.S. during a 10-year span.)

Shalom! Peace! Many call for it and say they’re working for it, but just the opposite often results. God’s peace is different. It brings wholeness and is truly lasting. Join us as we hear about the Fruit of the Spirit: PEACE.

If you had the opportunity to share the story of Jesus with someone, what would you say? Join Pastor Schmidt as he begins a new study of Luke’s Gospel account and see how this master storyteller weaves our story into Jesus’ story so we can know even more fully the love of a merciful God.

Are you practicing joy? Sometimes it’s hard to be joyful when we feel empty and worn down. In part two of our series on the Fruit of the Spirit, we’ll hear how the Holy Spirit would fill us up with true joy in Jesus.

Join us for the final session of our study of Daniel.

Each morning as students and staff enter Beautiful Savior, temperatures are taken. For the fun of it, I like having my temperature read twice, first as I enter the building and then in the office. I have yet to have the same reading by both thermometers.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love, but many are looking for it in all the wrong places. The Holy Spirit would lead us to know true love in Jesus and share it in a world desperately in need of it.

Yesterday afternoon, my wife Ellen and I spent some time at Kohler-Andrae State Park along Lake Michigan. The park holds many memories for us as both of our families would go there when we were growing up.