Daniel Guenther

  • Like My Father Before Me

    John1:1-14 1  In the beginning was the Word    and the Word was with God    and the Word was God.2  The Word was with God in the beginning. 3  Everything came into being through the Word,    and without… Continue reading

    Like My Father Before Me
  • Why?

    Scripture: Luke 24:1-12 (CEB) Very early in the morning on the first day of the week, the women went to the tomb, bringing the fragrant spices they had prepared. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3… Continue reading

    Why?
  • Don’t Cheapen This Moment

    Happy Holy Week to all who celebrate! Easter is right around the corner, and Sunday is, for lack of a better term, the Super Bowl. As a pastor, it’s basically the biggest day of my year. First, though, we have… Continue reading

    Don’t Cheapen This Moment
  • Of Swarms and Crawling Things

    I purchased a new personal Bible on Saturday. It’s the CSB translation, but I’m not really a translation purist, especially for my own devotional time. What I really liked was that it had spaces on the sides for me to… Continue reading

    Of Swarms and Crawling Things
  • Independence Day

    Independence Day The Life of Faith and the Death of 90s America Revelation 21:1-6 (NRSVUE) 1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea… Continue reading

    Independence Day
  • Ash Wednesday

    Genesis 2: 4-25  4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. 5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no… Continue reading

    Ash Wednesday
  • We Cannot Fail

    Paul, President Carter, and the Logic of Grace 10 In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Yes, Lord,” he answered. 11 The Lord told him, “Go to the house of… Continue reading

    We Cannot Fail
  • “Sermon Scraps” 2019 to 2024

    See, Jesus understands that faith is not first and foremost a matter of knowledge.  He knows that ‘love’, as in “Love your God,” and “Love your neighbor’ is not something people learn quickly.  It’s something that takes a lifetime of… Continue reading

    “Sermon Scraps” 2019 to 2024
  • Passion, Promise, and Joy

    December 8, 2024: Passion Scripture: Luke 3:1-6 3 In the fifteenth year of the rule of the emperor Tiberius—when Pontius Pilate was governor over Judea and Herod was ruler over Galilee, his brother Philip was ruler over Ituraea and Trachonitis,… Continue reading

    Passion, Promise, and Joy
  • Darkness, and Light

    Darkness, and Light This post contains stories of my experiences as a hospital chaplain, including those of the death of children “Did you see any miracles?” This question was directed to me by a member of my church in the… Continue reading

    Darkness, and Light