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This past Tuesday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office approved a long dispute over the definite article – that is, the word “The”. “The” Ohio State University just this past Tuesday won its appeal to an earlier decision that did not allow them to trademark “The” in the name of the university. To those Buckeyes…
Thank you for joining us for our online Ash Wednesday service. You may download the bulletin by clicking the link below: Ash Wednesday 2022
Willow, my 3 year old, recently told me that her sister was “big” and so that meant that I was “(add large arm gestures) SUUUPER BIG”. Willow’s perspective shows us something of the problem that we have with growth as Christians. Most of the time we consider that we are growing into the image of…
I remember asking a little kid what he wanted to be when he grew up and getting a pretty surprising answer from the youngster. “I want to be wise,” he said. I chuckled a little and asked a follow up question, “So how are you going to get to be wise?” “I dunno,” the young…
This is the first week of Advent, which means that it’s a new Church Year, which means that it is time to announce our annual focus for the year! If you’re new to University Lutheran’s annual focus, it is a theme that we keep in mind throughout the year. This year’s focus is the first…
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In the short story “Silver Blaze” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the world’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, notices something that didn’t happen. In the story, a Scotland Yard inspector is asking for what Holmes noticed about the evidence in a given case. Holmes replies, “the curious incident of the dog.” The inspector, probably rummaging…
Throughout Lent, we will take a look at artistic renderings of the stories of Lent, seeking more meaning and hope through our engagement with these reflective works. Jean Charlot was born in France to a Russian immigrant and then went on to live much of his life in Utah and Mexico. The span of geography…
According to Jesus, everyone is your neighbor. That means that the person who lives next to you is your neighbor. The person at your job is your neighbor. That person online is your neighbor. The convenience store clerk? Your neighbor too. That person who lives on the island of Tuvalu, also your neighbor. Your enemy…
I was the only bartender in the bar that night and we had run out of limes. It was easy enough for me to tell the guys who were pounding the Coronas (so therefore the limes as well) that we had run out of limes, but that would mean that they would shuffle off to…