Mary Braun, Author at Bethesda Lutheran Church of Malmo, MN

Sunday, January 14, 2018 Second Sunday after Epiphany

Posted by Mary Braun | Jan 12, 2018 | Digital Bulletins |

The church shares the good news of Jesus

Sunday, January 7, 2018 Baptism of Our Lord

Posted by Mary Braun | Jan 5, 2018 | Digital Bulletins |

Out of chaos, God brings order. Out of the primeval darkness, God brings light.

December 31, 2017 FIRST SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS

Posted by Mary Braun | Dec 29, 2017 | Digital Bulletins |

We are hard-wired to be in relationship and in community, and yet we can easily organize systems that keep us apart and distanced from one another.

NATIVITY OF OUR LORD CHRISTMAS DAY, December 25, 2017 10:00am

Posted by Mary Braun | Dec 22, 2017 | Digital Bulletins |

Last evening, worship spaces were dimly lighted, filled with the smell of beeswax and hope, as the world sat vigil, awaiting the arrival of the baby. This morning light fills the room. The candlelight is swallowed up by sunlight. No one is sitting in the shadows of the stable; now they’re standing to receive the Word, flesh living among us.