As the bishop and pastor of the synod, I publicly proclaim that you who are part of the Queer community are brave and beautiful.

The most common image for what God is offering us is a banquet, a joyous party, a wedding feast.

Regardless of who is president and what policies they seek to enact; we will care for our neighbor.

I doubt many congregations still sing that song. - They'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love.

Throughout Scripture we are invited to remember. This day (Passover) shall be a day of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as...

What is your favorite thing about Easter? I’ve shared in the past that when I was a child (the middle of three sisters), my mother always...

The New Year begins with celebrations, resolutions, and hopes that things will be better in the new year. There is something about having...

Martin Luther King, Jr Day – January 15, 2024 It is no coincidence that Jesus is identified as the Word of God who was in the beginning...

What woman having ten silver coins if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully, until she...

When Jesus entered the city of Jerusalem riding, not on a majestic horse with an army behind him, but on a colt with people spreading...

For Jesus himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by setting...

We know that during the Roman Empire, the followers of Jesus were a very small minority of the small majority of Jewish people. Today, we...

“The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” We know the story of Chicken Little who, when struck by an acorn and thinks the sky is falling....

“If we are wise, we will not go back to the old normal. . . we will go forward. Dreaming a new normal.” Brian McLaren Throughout this...

I want to begin by stating that this is not a theological treatise on the Lutheran understanding of the sacrament of communion. It is...