“So what are some of the Lutheran holidays?” a student asked me recently. “Lutheran holidays?” I questioned back, “what do you mean?”  “You know, like Advent and Lent and…” I got the picture. “Those aren’t Lutheran holidays. Really the only distinctly “Lutheran” holiday is Reformation Day….the rest of those, they are just….historical Church holidays that…

“I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the Resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.” These five elements of the Apostle’s Creed form what we know about the Holy Spirit’s activity in the Church and in our lives – these five elements will…

The winds have died down, the sun is out, and the heat is back. Generators aren’t humming in most places. The trees that were over roads and on houses and in streets have been cut up and tucked onto the shoulders of the roads – at least here in Tallahassee. But even here, the storm…

I’m writing this on Sunday night hoping that Tropical Storm/Hurricane Michael won’t be too much of a problem for us in Tallahassee. However, it’s possible that when this newsletter gets sent out, that you won’t read it because you’ll be saving energy on your phone. That’s ok, I get that. If you need anything, please…

Cricket (my almost 4 year old daughter) has been in this mood recently of asking me “Daddy, what is your favorite color?” I’ve told her that I’m really not very good at favorites. I have a hard time saying that one thing in particular is my favorite – so no favorite food really, no favorite…

Last Sunday, during Bible study, someone asked me if I was going to share with the congregation what I was going to be talking about at the last Pastor’s Conference this past week. It’s sort of too much for a newsletter article, but I feel that it is important that you all get brought into…

A student died last night. That is all I know right now. I don’t know who he or she was, I don’t know if he or she was a freshman or a junior. I don’t know how it happened. I don’t know if he or she was a Christian. I don’t know if we will…

I sat down in my seat, 21 A, the window seat. I’m not real thrilled about the window seat, I’d rather have the aisle, but hey – at least I’m not in the middle seat. The guy who IS in the middle seat comes. I say hello, ask the usual first barrage of questions –…

We will be starting a new sermon series this Sunday. The series will be called “Trust” and comes along with the tagline, “finding the “us” in trusting God”.  Trust is the gateway to community, it is what enables us to live as the Body of Christ together. To be a healthy church, we have to…

It is the beginning of another school year in Tallahassee. It’s a time of promise and expectation. Walking through the first “Market Wednesday” on campus, bumping into organization after organization trying to get members – I felt that promise and expectation. There are 6,000 new students on campus. They feel it. They have been accepted…