The Rev. Nathan Stomberg

Memory, Identity, and Unity in the Holy Trinity

May 27, 2024May 27, 2024by The Rev. Nathan Stomberg

When we as individuals neglect the sacrifice of the second person of the Trinity, the noble sacrifices of our forbears will also fade from our national memory. When the Church neglects the memory of Christ, she will also suffer disunity and disobedience in her task to fulfill the Great Commission. Without the Triune God at the center of Church or state, “things fall apart, the centre cannot hold,” to borrow from the great Irish poet, William Butler Yeats.

The Mystery of Faith in Holy Week

March 29, 2024March 29, 2024by The Rev. Nathan Stomberg

Do you wish to grow closer to Jesus? Do you want to strengthen your faith in Him? Then follow Him to the cross this Holy Week. Ponder the depths of His suffering and the weight of your sin, so that you may know the wondrous glory of His infinite love.

Nothing Can Separate Us from the Love of God

March 1, 2024March 1, 2024by The Rev. Nathan Stomberg

The Apostle Paul tactfully used the technology of his day to preach the Gospel all over the world, even as the Romans transformed the world around him. Yet he did so fearlessly because of his confidence that nothing could separate him from the love of God in Jesus Christ our Lord. For ministry in our modern age, digital media represents the new Roman roads.

The First Christmas Tree

December 25, 2023December 25, 2023by The Rev. Nathan Stomberg

Beloved, let the Christmas tree stand as a reminder for us that the Nativity cradle cannot be separated from the Cross. For that humble, innocent baby lying in a manger would one day bear our sins in his body on a tree, that first Christmas tree which stood on Calvary’s hill.

He Must Increase, We Must Decrease

December 20, 2023December 20, 2023by The Rev. Nathan Stomberg

Advent is our reminder that God’s plan for our lives is infinitely greater than what we face in our present moment - an opportunity for us to look ahead to the second coming of our Lord and say with the Blessed Virgin at His first, “My soul magnifies the Lord.”

Our Great Thanksgiving

November 23, 2023by The Rev. Nathan StombergLeave a comment

Our circumstances are constantly changing, but our hope in the Lord Jesus Christ is constant, rooted in the promise of the God with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. This is why if we limit our gratitude to that which is shallow, such as our possessions or our own personal accomplishments, then we will quickly be uprooted when the storms of life hit us.

Eyewitnesses of Christ’s Majesty

August 6, 2023by The Rev. Nathan StombergLeave a comment

Disquietude is not a word we hear every day. It refers to a state of anxiety or uneasiness. Understood this way, we pray for eyes of Faith to behold the Transfigured Christ, in light eternal, to transport us from the anxieties and trials of our daily lives, the darkness of our temporal world.

Small Church, Big God

May 20, 2023August 6, 2023by The Rev. Nathan Stomberg

This is not season for discouragement, but season for hope, a season for optimism. We are not alone; we are accompanied by the Triune God and all the heavenly host, as well as all the angels and saints praying for us in heaven and working beside us here on earth. The harvest is ripe, brothers and sisters - what a time to be alive! We know that many people today are hurting, and the only thing that can heal their wounds is the love of Christ.

O Happy Fault!

March 30, 2023April 16, 2023by The Rev. Nathan Stomberg

Beloved, the victory that Christ won over sin has given us greater blessings than those which sin had taken away from us. Let Lent be a reminder to us that there is a much higher purpose that exists beyond our mortal pain, as we march on to the joy of our Easter Vigil in this life, and eternal reward in the next. O happy fault!

The LORD Sees Not as We See

March 20, 2023March 19, 2023by The Rev. Nathan Stomberg

We may not be able to see all which God is doing to redeem our present difficulties, but we can see His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, standing before us, ready to sustain us, and asking, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” My dear brothers and sisters, we have seen Him; He is here, and He is able to keep us from falling and bring us to his glorious presence, without fault and with great joy. May we respond like the man born blind, saying, “Lord, I believe.”