Archive for August 2017

As we finished our Luther tour we saw many more sites. We traveled to Eisleben where Luther was born Nov. 10, 1483. In Erfurt is the Augustinian Monastery where Luther studied. He was ordained in 1507. The Wartburg Castle is near Eisanach. Luther was taken here after a “friendly” kidnapping by Frederick the Wise. This…

As we have continued our pilgrimage we have been blessed beyond measure to see sights and imagine the scenes in history. On Sunday we began our day traveling to West Berlin to worship with friends at Trinity Lutheran Church. This church has a large ministry to refugees from Iran and Syria. The excitement and enthusiasm…

On Friday we began our day traveling to Coburg to see Coburg Fortress where Martin Luther stayed during the Diet of Augsburg in the summer of 1530. He was not able to attend since he was banned from that part of the country. He spent his time translating parts of the Bible into the German…

As we worked our way to Augsburg we stopped to see the beautiful Neuschwanstein Castle. How sad to think that this beautiful castle was only lived in for 172 days by one person, King Ludwig II.   It reminds us as we worshiped this morning in St. Anna Ev Lutheran Church that “For by grace…

What a wonderful way to begin our tour-We spent time in the Stille Nacht Chapel in Salzburg. Seeing the Alps in the background, reciting the 23rd Psalm and remembering How Great Our God Is, providing for all our needs, giving us a wonderous creation and places to feel so close to Him. We visited the…