In Native American culture there is a rite of passage called the Vision quest. Typically an adolescent boy goes into the wilderness alone...

Some scripture passages stick with you: your confirmation verse, the Christmas story, Psalm 23. This Old Testament lesson sticks with me...

When I was a child, my mother used to let me play with the nativity scene. We set it up on the lid of the piano, and added figures as the...

When I came to Manchester as a student pastor, one of the first people I met was Wayne. Wayne was a retired insurance guy, and the parish...

Its Christmas Eve. and we’ve got all the makings for most incredible night Stars in the sky Holy hush Celestial choirs Good tidings of...

When I was in grade school, my cousin Gayle came to stay with us for a few weeks. I thought it was great having an older cousin who would...

Over a decade ago, I met a colleague at one of the ELCA’s global mission events. His name is Pastor Ross Goodman, and he serves at the...

The key to the people’s safety is spelled out in this passage, and it isn’t what they had tried before. Prior to Babylon’s invasion, the...

“What is truth?” Pilate’s question to Jesus the night before his execution seems strikingly modern. The internet has brought us...

It turns out that Jesus responds to a similar question today in our Gospel lesson. Jesus and his disciples were outside the temple in...

The older gentleman walked the rails to trails path with a cane. The night before had been a blustery one, and many stick littered the...

It’s big news at the Reuning-Scherer household: my daughter Stephanie has a job. She is now the cantor at Our Lady of Sorrows Roman...

The Quiltmaker’s Gift and our Gospel Story have a lot in common: Both feature men who have many possessions; In both stories the men are...

How often do you have conversations with God? I really mean conversations. Like He’s sitting next to you and you say, Dear God, I...

Good morning Sisters & Brothers in Christ, When Pastor Julie asked me to share my faith story with everyone, I was excited at the...

One of the ministries PB and I have helped to start in the parishes we’ve served is a visitation ministry. It involves training lay...

Jesus seemed to know of their argument. And so he sat down, in the position of a rabbi, and began to teach them. First he taught them...

To me this passage has an important message: that those of us who assume roles of leadership, governance, and instruction— also need to...

Good Morning! I am here from the Stewardship Committee to talk a bit about the next 6 weeks. We will have two Faith Stories in October...

That’s is deal with hypocrisy: there is a fundamental mismatch between behavior and values. The Greek word hypocrite was technical term...