The nights come on us more quickly these days; we are spending more time without the sun’s light and warmth. We have made hard decisions...

I love our nation. I feel privileged to have been born and raised here. The opportunities seem to have no end, the freedoms only limited...

During this first week of Advent I will be sharing devotions of Hope. The sequence will be (today) Hope gracing our world, gracing our...

Matthew 14:15-21 (NRSV) When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late;...

Colossians 2:5-7 (NRSV) For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, and I rejoice to see your morale and the firmness of...

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗱 - 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝘀, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝗳𝗼𝗿...

As I shared in my sermon at the outdoor services on Sunday, when I was younger my grandma always had us share what we were thankful for...

Sisters & Brothers in Christ, I write this one week from Thanksgiving, I look around and I see so much brokenness and hurt. Normally this...

This morning, Jay talks about how we bring our experiences and difference to be the church

“There is one body, but it has many parts. But all its many parts make up one body. It is the same with Christ. We were all baptized by...

Dear Sisters & Brothers in Christ, In Matthew 6:24 & 33-34 we read: “No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one...

Recently during my devotion, I came across the following story in the book, In Every Blade of Rustling Grass: Looking and Listening from...

"I pray each day that where my treasure is my heart will be also. I pray each day that God helps me find my treasure place in Him, in...

In his book It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It (New York, Random House, 1989), Robert Fulghum tells about his last day in a college...

In our hymnal, the Evangelical Lutheran Worship, one of the offering prayers goes as follows: “Blessed are you, O God, maker of all...

Did you know that each of the stained glass windows in our sanctuary is an image of Jesus serving? Pastor Tim talks today about how we...

"Someday we'll gather together again Someday the plants who have lost all their leaves will grow green again. Someday this virus will be...

Years ago I had a member of the church that I was serving stop by my office to talk. He starts, “Pastor, I have a question.” “What is it...

One of the consistent joys of youth ministry for me over the years, is sitting with youth as we dig into deep and uncomfortable...

This past weekend, I had the honor to meet with our 10th grade students on a Friday night in the St. Luke’s parking lot. As we met...