I follow the account of a Rabbi and his wife on TikTok. Their names are Moses and Zipporah and they discuss the intricacies of living life as an observant orthodox Jewish family. ( https://www.tiktok.com/@mosesandzippora ) They walk through rules that they have for eating kosher and observing Sabbath and all sorts of fun stuff. As…

There are only a few things that seem to span every generation of people at University Lutheran. One of those is a (sometimes painful) memory of being chosen on a playground by a captain for a team. Whether it was kickball or soccer or basketball or something else, all of us probably have this memory…

Give to the poor. It’s one of those “easier said than done,” things, unfortunately. Jesus tells the rich young ruler to do so in Mark 10. He also tells His disciples that they will “always have the poor,” after He is anointed before His betrayal. Put those two things together, it is a command that…

Happy Seven Eleven day! If tradition holds true, you can make your way to a 7 Eleven store today and get a free slurpee. You will have to drive to Midway, FL however. Tallahassee doesn’t have a 7 Eleven. The store was named 7 Eleven back in 1946 to promote the (at the time) outlandish…