St. Stephen's Lutheran Church

Sue and I have a very close friend who lives in New York City and who was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer that has metastasized...

I was once pastor of a church that rented its space from a much larger Episcopal church that had built a new sanctuary. It took a good...

I was talking a couple of months ago with Bishop Jim Gonia of the ELCA Rocky Mountain Synod. “An awful lot of moving parts,” he said. We...

What a wonderful day yesterday (Sunday) was! First, there were just a lot more people present in worship. It made a noticeable...

As our congregation has lived out its mission over the years there have been many people who have been the right person at the right time...

Recently, we made a revision to our Reconciled in Christ statement. It now reads: As a Reconciling in Christ congregation of the ELCA, we...

Liminality. The word means “threshold time” like “Kairos,” which is a kind of time that comes from the space when a shuttle opens so that...

Today’s blog is brought to you by our Shameless Commerce Division. My friend, Pr. CJ Ransdell, is spearheading an Israel trip January...

I like to play golf. I like the challenges of trying to coerce a small round object into proceeding forward to a final destination. And,...

I have a gym membership. I meet a pastor friend twice a week and work out just hard enough to feel good. But that’s another story. On...