Pastor’s Corner June 2017 June 4th is Pentecost Sunday, when we remember and celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit onto/into the followers of Jesus, and thus the beginning of the church in mission to the world. We live in the reality of the Holy Spirit at work in the world, and at work…
Pastor’s Corner May 2017 May has some big holidays in it, doesn’t it? You’ve got Mother’s Day on the 14th (and a big Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms and grandmoms and great-grandmoms, out there, as well as all the women who provided mothering love in some way to us in our lives).…
How do you greet someone, a friend, for instance? Probably with something like “Hi”, or “How are you doing?” And in reply, you likely get “Hi”, or “I’m doing good. How about you?” We greet each other informally most of the time, ask about health or something, keep things comfortable and familiar. Well, people who…
Pastor’s Corner March 2017 This year Lent begins on March 1st, Ash Wednesday, one of the most solemn days of the year, when we remember our mortality and reflect on the depths of our need for God’s grace, forgiveness, and healing. A somber day that leads us into a season of reflection and prayer.…
Pastor’s Corner February 2017 I suppose for most folks, February is most associated with Valentine’s Day. President’s Day just doesn’t seem like quite as big a deal, does it? And I guess there are a lot worse things we could focus on than love. So let’s talk about love, then. What is love? A…
Pastor’s Corner January 2017 Happy New Year!! May this new year bring you abundant joy, overflowing blessing, renewed health, deep peace, and unending hope. May the light of Christ fill this year with His bright love, and may this holy light shine through whatever darkness may come your way. May 2017 be the best year…
As I write this article, it is less than a week following a very difficult, tumultuous, even divisive Presidential election, and a lot of folks from all sides of the electorate are feeling stress and tension as we look towards the days and weeks to come. As you read this article, it will be early…
My Wednesday evening Bible Study folks and I have been reading through the book of Hebrews lately. It’s not an easy book to read, it’s full of difficult images and thoughts that challenge us even today, but we have been having a good time working through it all. One of the things I like best…
500 years ago, on October 30, 1516, Martin Luther, a German Augustinian monk teaching at the University in Wittenberg, Germany did……absolutely nothing remarkable. In 1516, Luther was just a guy, a monk, a Bible teacher and preacher, doing his work in deep obscurity. Pretty much nobody outside of his family, colleagues, and students knew who…
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…