St. Luke’s is a congregation within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest Lutheran denomination is the United States and one of the largest Lutheran denominations in the world. There are nearly 10,000 congregations in the ELCA, with nearly 4 million members nationwide. I mention this because on the second weekend of September, all…
A couple of years ago, my wife and I celebrated our anniversary by spending a day at Longwood Gardens. We got there just after they opened, wandered the grounds and buildings, had lunch in the cafeteria and dinner in the very nice restaurant there, and enjoyed a concert in the evening. The concert was a…
So by the time you read this, the four-year anniversary of my being called as pastor of St. Luke’s will have passed (I began working here June 1, 2012). Sometimes it seems like I just got here, and sometimes it feels like I have been here a very long time. There have been a lot…
“By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.” (Galatians 5:22-23) This year The Day of Pentecost (the day when the Holy Spirit first descended on the followers of Jesus, as recorded in Acts 2) falls on May 15th…
