We only have two congregations that qualify as the NL portion of NT-NL, and I finally made it to both of them on one Sunday. The morning visit was an official one to attend worship and preach for the congregation of St. Stephen Lutheran. I love the season of Advent and getting to see how…
We only have two congregations that qualify as the NL portion of NT-NL, and I finally made it to both of them on one Sunday. ...
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Most of the time, the congregational care component of my call encompasses transitions and call process. Occasionally it means working with conflict situations. But I ...
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One of the joys of my call is working with Candidacy. In many ways, it feels like working with confirmation students but on a whole ...
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In the ELCA, there is a tradition that the Women of the ELCA have practiced for years just before Thanksgiving – the women’s Thankoffering Service. ...
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This is my long overdue reflection on our recent trip to Sierra Leone. Why so late? Honestly, I had no idea where to begin. Bishop ...
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Today I left the state for my Sunday visit as I traveler to Oklahoma to visit our one congregation in that state. Ironically, Our Saviour’s ...
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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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