Pastor’s Corner October 2020 Fall is typically when things start up again. Of course, this fall, like most of this year, is not like other falls. Yes, things are starting up, but not the way they always started up before. Schools have started, but many children are learning from home, via Zoom or some other…
Well, it’s been a long time. A long time since I wrote one of these articles. A long time since we were able to gather together in church for worship, learning, or fellowship. A long time since much of anything was anything like what we once called normal. It’s been a long time, and during…
When I read the Easter story in the Gospel of John, one thing that always strikes me is how Mary Magdalene, after all her confusion and upset over finding the tomb empty, after Peter and the other disciple have come to the tomb and gone back home, is still at the tomb. She won’t leave…
As I look back at 2019, two major events stand out for me as particularly important for St. Luke’s moving forward into 2020. The first was the hiring of Heidi Rochlin as our new Director of Music. Heidi has brought a dynamic new energy to our music ministry, and her positivity and energy are creating…
Keeping it simple as we enter the gift of this new year, 2020, I just want to with all of you a very happy and blessed new year. May this new year be a year filled with happiness for you, happiness that comes from deep within, from the truest places of the heart and soul. …
So I’ll admit it, I’m a sucker for those old Christmas TV specials. You know the ones I mean, “Santa Clause is Comin to Town” (with Fred Astaire), and “Frosty, the Snowman” (with Jimmy Durante), and “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (with Burl Ives – I think the Bumble is adorable), those ones. But the best…
In Colossians 3:15, in the midst of a series of instructions about how to live as Christians, Paul writes these words: And be thankful. To be a Christian is, among other things, to be thankful. And not just when things are going great, either. When Paul writes these words, he is, as he says later…
I assume this is common knowledge to all of you, but just in case, St. Luke’s is a congregation within the denomination known as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the ELCA. The ELCA consists of nearly 4 million members nationwide, and is one of the largest Lutheran denomination in the world. It is also…
Happy September!! We often speak of September as the time when things “get back to normal”. School is back in session, vacations have most likely happened and are now just wonderful memories, we settle back into whatever passes for routine in our lives, and we feel like we’re back on an even keel. Here at…
For many folks, summer is a time for traveling. Whether that means going down the shore, or up to the Pocono’s, or somewhere further afield, summer is a time to travel. I know my family and I are looking forward to our vacation this summer. But for the last nearly 20 years, youth and adults…