Standing outside our church on my birthday, several members and I read aloud the shared banner, “God loves YOU! NO …
Ask the Pastor – Worship Stuff Part 2 – Confession & Forgiveness
Have you ever wondered why we do what we do during worship? What’s up with the passing the peace? Why …
“For I Was” – God’s Work Our Hands
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to …
Spirit-Filled – Festival of Homiletics 2018: Part 7
Start at part 1 of this series on experiences from the Festival of Homiletics 2018 here! I did not expect this …
Kind of Morbid – Observing Good Friday
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. ~Romans 5:6 NRSV Good Friday …
Speaking to Us – Why We Support Deep Roots New Life
This article was written for the Southwestern Washington Synod of the ELCA’s March Newsletter, I hope you enjoy it here, and …
When Words Fail
Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy. Kyrie Eleison In the wake of last week’s shooting at Marjory …
Beloved, Broken, Bearers
I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be beloved, broken, bearers of God’s love. This wondering has …
#metoo – Lifting voices
“Me too.” ~Hagar (Gen 21), Bilhah (Gen 30), Dinah (Gen 34), Tamar (Gen 38), Bathsheba (2 Sm 11), Tamar II …
The Church Begins – Discomfort & Cleanliness
and he said to them, “You yourselves know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or to …