Dear Friends, As we continue our journey through Lent, this week we contemplate the words “rest” and “growth.” From a fitness...

Dear Friends, As you know we’ve been following a theme of “Everything in between…” for Lent. The words for this weekend are “faith” and...

Dear Friends, This weekend we continue our journey through Lent by contemplating the words: Stranger and Neighbor What comes to mind for...

Dear Friends, This Sunday is Transfiguration Sunday, a day to remember Jesus taking three of his disciples up on a mountain. Here he had...

Dear Friends, This week I joined with people from all over the country at the ELCA Systems Academy. I am in the third year of a four-year...

Dear Friends, A long time ago…in the 1990’s I took a spiritual gifts inventory. I don’t remember the exact results, except that I...

Dear Friends, This weekend is the 15th anniversary of my ordination. I’ve learned much in these 15 years, while also experiencing the...

Dear Friends, Greetings to you all from Connecticut. I am working from here as I spend more time with my daughter and her little family....

Dear Friends, I hope and pray you all are doing ok this week. The stories and images that we see from the fires continues to be...

Dear Friends, This is a hard week. A tragic week for our region. The fires that started in the midst of a violent windstorm have...

Dear Friends, Happy New Year! I hope that you are all doing well and avoiding the illnesses that are spreading everywhere. So far, my...

Dear Friends, On Friday morning I went to Whole Foods to pick up some last-minute ingredients for a family and friends’ dinner that I am...

Dear Friends, I live in a historic Oxnard neighborhood which is also one of the many Christmas Tree Lanes that one can find around the...

Dear Friends, I hope you all had wonderful Thanksgiving dinners with family and friends. As I type this, I am also aware that the...

Dear Friends, Happy Thanksgiving week! Here are a few things for which I am grateful: This week with the youth group we had a...

How are you all doing this week? I know that for many it’s been a hard week. Are you doing anything differently? I’ve quit watching...

Dear Friends, I thought I’d share some of what I am thinking after the election. First, I recognize that we do not all have the same...

Dear Friends, On Sunday, we commemorated All Saints Day. The actual day for All Saints is November 1, so in worship it is always the...

Dear Friends, HAPPY REFORMATION! These words, Happy Reformation, seem a bit odd. We, as Lutherans, celebrate the Reformation as the...

Dear Friends, I want to thank everyone who came to the budget workshop a few weeks ago. It was helpful for church leadership to be able...