“If it weren’t for Covid, we never would have developed three new programs at the seminary in one year,” My colleague said. “The pandemic...

When I was home for the summer after my second year of seminary, I was walking in my parent’s backyard one day and found a four-leaf...

Today is the day! Today is the day that changed the world forever. Today is the day Jesus Christ rose from the dead! Christians...

Jesus got the royal treatment today in the gospel lesson we heard today at the beginning of the service! That means he was treated like...

An Amish girl and her family were visiting a mall for the first time. The girl and her mother stood together, amazed by everything they...

Verbs. They accomplish things. They move things along. They reverse things. They give life. They kill. They carry great power. In today’s...

Have you made a clean break with the past? I remember heading to college as a freshman. I was so ready to have a new life beyond my high...

In the year 203 AD, in the Roman province of Africa, in the city of Carthage, a young noblewoman named Perpetua was arrested for being a...

The red ink at the top of the exam stated simply: “You can do better than this. Come see me.” Now I was standing outside my professor’s...

It was in the middle of Lent when the coronavirus quarantine began last year. It’s been almost a year now that we’ve been meeting on...

I have a dear friend from college, whose father is dying. He was diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer this summer, and recently...

Imagine being the person who always loves to play host. You love to have people over for dinner. You always have the best food and...

Every generation has its stories about the fight between good and evil: The Lone Ranger, Superman comics, the Star Wars movies, Harry...

Today we heard two stories about callings. The first reading was about Jonah. The second was the story about the calling of the first...

One Saturday morning when I was 8 years old, my dad called from down the hallway, “Julie, come here!” I came out of my room. “Listen!” ...

0 One week in August 2017, I came home from Pennsylvania for my uncle’s funeral. It was the end of his earthly journey, but also a new...

About five years ago, my family vacationed near the Grand Canyon. We happened to be there at the same time as a national convention of...

This morning we celebrate the visitation of the angel Gabriel to Mary. In this time before Christmas we see a prime example from Mary of...

Today’s sermon begins with a children’s book about a legend of St. Nicolas. Sometimes the simplest message is the most profound. The...

Children's Sermon - 11/29/2020 What is the worst place to be waiting? A stop light? The grocery check out? Covid testing? Here is my...