Backpacking in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the 1990’s as an adult leader with a co-ed group of teen-aged Scouts was not on my radar...

As my age moves past the mid-50s so I am no longer young, but not yet old, I start to get the sense of where God has directed my life so...

Better Late Than Never I’ve always prided myself on being a fast learner. Indeed, I’ve bulldozed through most of my life at breakneck...

When I was 11 years old, God sent a special 5-year-old girl into our family’s life. Her parents had been in a serious car accident. The...

“Faith... the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen” Hebrews 11:1. If you would, please reflect on those...

Listen and Living in Prayer Last Saturday I, along with the four others from St. Luke’s, attended the virtual meeting of our...

When I was growing up at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Flanagan, IL I had several influences that helped to shape my faith and motivate...

I went camping with my wife and 7-month-old baby this weekend, and as you probably have already guessed just by reading that opening, it...

As we continue to struggle with the pandemic, as racial tensions continue to rise, coupled with whatever is most troublesome for you and...

The summer before my Freshman year of high school, was filled with many ups and downs. It was easily one of most confusing and trying...

Grief, in all its varying levels of intensity, strikes all of us eventually.  I was plunged into the deep abyss of grief when my husband...

For almost thirty years I have written in a journal. My entries have often been more on holidays and birthdays and vacations, but often...

When my wife and I lived in Tucson, AZ we had some friends who worked for a missionary organization called Wycliffe Bible Translators....

Leon Bridges modern take on soul music made me a fan instantly. He released his first album, Coming Home, in 2015 and I was especially...

Isaac Watts (1674-1748), an English Congregational minister and theologian, is credited with over six hundred hymns and psalm...

Many hymns, statements of faith, are borne out of tragedy. Most often they are not tragic encounters of what has happened in the past but...

During senior year I was asked to write a faith essay at Luther Seminary on what is most important about my faith. I chose “grace.” For...

I have been through a few storms in my life, so when I first heard the song, "Eye of the Storm," performed by the praise band at St....

I have always felt I wanted to make a difference in life. I wanted to count, I wanted to be important in some way or another. Maybe you...

Maya Angelou, a beloved poet of the 20th century wrote a poem entitled, “Alone.” Her poetry has always moved me and this poem is no...