St. Stephen's Lutheran Church

“I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands; for God did not give us a spirit of...

This coming Sunday is known as Good Shepherd Sunday. It is a day we sing hymns about God as Shepherd: The Lord’s My Shepherd; The King...

Change is hard for most people. One of our council members counsels us, “Don’t use the word change.” I lived long enough in Jersey City...

So much good work and care went into the season of Lent and the celebrations of Easter! Thanks to choir, musicians, cleaners, flower...

I remember very few Easter dinners, probably because as a pastor I’m usually exhausted after four days of services, but there is one that...

I wanted to be nearly the first to deliver the news: Happy spring! Despite some obvious signs of winter to the contrary, Friday will...

I think we lost someone from Wednesday Bible study last week because she asked me if I believed in hell and I said, “No.” She responded,...

Richard Rohr in his Tuesday daily meditation talks about the Jewish practice of Midrash being the way that Jesus would have interpreted...

I love the cold and the snow. Is it my Scandinavian roots or my childhood memories of sledding down the hill of our front lawn on my...

“Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return” These are the words with which we begin a 40 day journey we call Lent. We begin...