Sunday was a return visit to St. Paul in Crawford for me. Why a return so soon? Well, their fall festival, of course! I took the opportunity to let Pr. Tom Beers just worship with his family as I preached and led the service. It’s nice to be able to give our pastors that gift…
Sunday was a return visit to St. Paul in Crawford for me. Why a return so soon? Well, their fall festival, of course! I took ...
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Briarwood was filled with the lovely smells of smoked meats on Saturday when I arrived for a really awesome job – judging those lovely barbecued ...
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This was actually my second visit to Shepherd King, but my first on a Sunday morning with the congregation. Pr. Jeremy Ullrich was a very ...
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Our conference pastors meet regularly in all seven of our conferences. But only two have regular meetings of both clergy and lay members. One is ...
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Every September, the three Texas synods share a retreat for first call rostered leaders. While the ELCA calls this First Call Theological Education, we call ...
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I’ve been getting to know the congregation at Mount Olive well recently, since Pr. Deb Loudin McCann retired in May. We’ve been pondering together about ...
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This weekend took me on a road trip further into our Conference Out West. After spending most of Saturday in Abilene, I drove on to ...
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Leslie was one of the first people I remember meeting at the first convocation I attended in NT-NL. She was serving as a Synodically Authorized ...
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This morning my travels took me to St. Matthew Lutheran in Waco for worship. Pr. Paul Krupicka retired at the end of August, so as ...
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