St. Stephen's Lutheran Church

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...

Have you ever felt like someone put you in a box and wouldn’t let you out? Or maybe we’ve done that to someone else? Or to a group of...

I’ve just started taking a very timely course on Jesus and the Bible in Islam at the seminary in Philadelphia. As you know, I’m on the...

You'll hear a lot in the coming weeks about ways in which you can be involved and have a voice as St. Stephen's looks at how our budget...