Newsletter (Page 28)

Lowercase Saints

“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…

The Communion of Saints

“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…

Michael the Archangel

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…

A Church of Questions

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…

What is Secularization?

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

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…

Tom’s Law

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 –…

Finding the “us” in trust

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…