Recently I downloaded a kind of fun app called “Slowly”. Slowly’s claim to fame is that it is an international pen pal app. Having been raised overseas and having traveled to a few different places in the world, the idea of communicating with someone from another country was interesting to me. The other thing that…

For a few weeks in the newsletter, you’ve seen a note that I (Pastor Jay) am starting classes this week for a “Doctor of Ministry” that is affectionately known as the “D.Min”, not to be confused with the nefarious spirit creature. I am taking on this project with so much gratitude for University Lutheran, allowing…

Today is the Feast of Ascension – the day that Jesus blessed His disciples and was taken up into heaven. It is probably something that we don’t give much thought to, which is unfortunate because the Ascension has a lot of theological connotations that we should probably not ignore. I bumped into one of those…

Last week I encouraged people to send in questions that might “stump the pastor” in the “Question of the Week” portion of the newsletter. I got, well, actually nothing. But someone did send in a question on the Sunday connection card, and that question was “What are cherubim and seraphim?” Connecting this with last week’s newsletter…