This coming Sunday is the celebration of All Saints. The celebration of All Saints dates back to the early days of Christianity. The church father Tertullian once said that “the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.” That was certainly the case as Christianity grew with many of the leaders of Christian…
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Posts from October 2024
RED. It’s a color that evokes passion, perhaps even danger. Fire trucks, blood, chili peppers, lipstick….and Reformation Sunday. This upcoming Sunday is Reformation Sunday, and this should serve as the reminder that University Lutheran’s tradition is for people to wear red on Reformation Sunday. We do this because it matches the red of the paraments…
This past Sunday our church council met for our regular monthly meeting. One of the things that we have been working on (and will continue to work on) is a vision for what we can do as a church and student center over the next five years. Since this isn’t just a vision for the…
I’m writing this on Wednesday morning before Hurricane Milton makes landfall later tonight. When you read it, we will be receiving reports about the impact of Hurricane Milton just as we did from Hurricane Helene. Right now, there are people across my social media feeds sending out requests for prayer as Milton approaches. So it…
“Steward” is a word that doesn’t get used very often in our current vernacular. Perhaps you understand “steward” by its related word “stewardship,” which unfortunately often gets used as a code word for “church fundraising effort”. And sure, we are indeed called to be stewards of our money – but I think we fail to…