My church newsletter column for St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greene, Iowa, for September, 2017. One Year After the Flood God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. -Psalm 46:1 Can you believe it’s been nearly a year since
Over the last week, I spent four days serving as a spiritual director at a BadgerTEC (Teens Encounter Christ) weekend in Wisconsin, then five days in Atlanta for the first ever ELCA Rostered Minister’s Gathering. This sermon from the weekend
My church newsletter column for St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greene, Iowa, for August, 2017. God-Sightings In him we live and move and have our being. -Acts 17:28 I recently shared a devotion with the church council about God-sightings. Even though we
I spent this last week with Christin on our congregation’s youth mission trip. We went once again to Chicago with CSM (highly recommended if you’re interested in short-term urban mission experience!) and we had a great time. That meant that
This week, my wife Christin and I are leaving right after Sunday’s worship service for a week-long mission trip through CSM in Chicago. Sunday’s service includes a sending for the mission trip group. The lectionary texts this week include Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43,