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Pastor May

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Pastor Curtis A. May studied Pastoral Studies at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne - CTSFW.  He also studied Theology of God · Class of 2006.

Curtis A. May did a one year study as a Hospital Chaplin at Lutheran Hospital Fort Wayne.  He did one year vicarage at St. Paul in Albion, Michigan.

 

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Pastor's Blog

If God seems far away, who moved?

Article for Wednesday March 11, 2026 Leviticus 26:40–41a  40 “But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they committed against me, and also in walking contrary to me, 41 so that I walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies— Some wonder if there is a God.  Some wonder if there is a God that left us.  Many think that God does not care, and if there is a God why does He let us suffer or allow bad thi

Justified by Faith

Article for March 8, 2026 Romans 5:1–8  1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. We truly believe and know that our works and obedience to the law does not save us.  We put our faith in that Jesus Christ has justified us to the Father who opens the gateway to everlasting life.  Thoug

Repentance, Pride and Judging

Article for Wednesday March 4, 2026       Repentance extends beyond confession alone ; true believers must desire reconciliation with God and resolve to cease serving sin, self, or other authorities, instead committing to live according to God’s will.  Merely admitting wrongdoing while refusing to submit to God’s truth about change doesn’t constitute repentance—rather, repentance means agreeing with God’s evaluation of sin and willingly following His direction forward. Positi

Boast in God for your righteousness

Article for Sunday March 1, 2026 Romans 4:1–3  1 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” There is a massive amount of people who believe they need to be good to go to church.  Also, there are as many who think only the good will go to hea

Don't miss the everyday signs

Article for Wednesday February 25, 2026 Matthew 12:38–39 38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” 39 But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. Many people do not believe there is a God because they do not see Him.  Many people want to see at least a sign or miracle that will make them believe.  And many want a

The Free Gift Freely Given

Article for February 15, 2026 Romans 5:12–14  12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— 13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come. We are starting the season of Lent. 

Treasures in Heaven

Article for Ash Wednesday February 18, 2026 Matthew 6:19–21  19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” I have said this before; we put more importance on this life than we do on our real life to come.  That i

The Transfiguration of Our Lord

Article for February 15, 2026 2 Peter 1:16  16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. Oh, to be an eyewitness to the coming and life of Jesus Christ.  So many years has passed since one saw Jesus Christ with their own eyes.  But there where eyewitnesses who not only saw Jesus, but they also walked with Jesus and saw the miracles and signs of the one true God

Jesus came to fulfill the Law

Article for Sunday February 8, 2026 Matthew 5:17  17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. Jesus Christ has made Himself known to the world around Him.  Not the whole world but in part that which is the people of God, the Israelites.  We know Israel was brought up on the laws God gave to Moses for His people Israel.  God’s laws are what we know as the Ten Commandments.  The law has certain deman

“Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

Article for February 1, 2026 Micah 6:8 8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? God has told us through His word what is good and right and bad and wrong.  Yet the world wants and thinks it has the right to choose for themselves what is right and what is wrong.  And the people who believe, or say they believe, step aside many times and let the world rule.  Our world

Not by our works, but by HIS righteousness

Article for January 25, 2026 Matthew 4:12–14  12 When [Jesus] heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. 13 And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: We know that Jesus was born in Bethlehem and moved to Egypt for a while to escape from Herod who wanted Jesus dead.  Jesus went from Egypt to Nazareth after Herod died and now Jes

“God chose a people and made a covenant”

Article for January 18, 2026 Isaiah 49:1–2 1 Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name.  2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he hid me away. According to the “Peoples Bible Commentary,” this, Isaiah 49:1–7, is a conversation between God the Father and God the Son.  These verses follow what

“Why were you looking for me?”

Article for January 4, 2026 Luke 2:40–42  40 The child [Jesus] grew and became strong, filled with wisdom.  And the favor of God was upon him. 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. One Hundred percent boy and one hundred percent God.  I would almost bet that Jesus matured faster than any other boy at that time and even in our time.  This is one hundred percent boy, b

If God is for Us, Who Can be Against Us

Article for New Year's Eve, December 31, 2025 Isaiah 30:15–16 15 For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”  But you were unwilling, 16 and you said, “No! We will flee upon horses”; therefore you shall flee away; and, “We will ride upon swift steeds”; therefore your pursuers shall be swift.  This is talking about faith or lack of.  Strength comes from faith and with true fai

“Baptized into Righteousness”

Article for January 11, 2026 Matthew 3:15b–17  15b “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.”   16 And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; 17 and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” We are celebrating the baptism of Jesus Christ who did n

There is a Time

Article for December 28, 2025 Galatians 4:4–5  4 When the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. We have been reading the Old Testament and have followed mankind from its beginning up to Saul and his successor David from the House of Jesse.  We have witnessed the many sins of mankind from Adam and Eve to Saul, and we know the sins of David will a

God Chooses the Common

Article for Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025 Luke 2:1–3  1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. Ah! Don’t you just love those politicians?  These, like all politicians, come up with more ways to cost people more money.  Taxes were already being collected but efficiency collects more.  Caesar nee

A Promise Made and a Promise Kept

Article for December 21, 2025, fourth Sunday in Advent Luke 2:4–7  4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. 6And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, bec

The Coming of the Lord is at Hand

Article for Wednesday Dec 17, 2025   James 5:7a  7 Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord . Will the Lord really come again?  Is this not something told to us to keep us doing good.  What if He never comes, have we waisted our time believing in some old fairytale?  Many ask and many start to doubt, but I am talking about those who were seeking Jesus to be born.  Though some may not have figured it out that Jesus was going to come as a baby born to a vir

God With Us

Article for December 14, 2025 Matthew 1:24b and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). For a time and a time God’s first chosen people looked for a savior to come.  This is a story cloned into many fictional odysseys.  A nation looking for a savior and people who try to destroy the savior before salvation can take hold of those who follow the hero of the story.  This (about Jesus the Christ) though is not a story, but a documented history by one and a

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