The Invitation we sent to our neighbors: Dear Neighbors, Like us, I’m guessing you are missing time with your families, especially during this Easter season. And, like us, you may be “doing church” via the internet as the doors of your Community of Faith are closed. It occurred to me that perhaps…wearing masks and keeping…

Let’s explore these questions together – What does it mean as different generations Worship together and participate in Faith Formation? How does this happen? Are these two inter-related? We start here: When a baptized Christian affirms the faith (what we call confirmation) the pastor asks the question which echoes the words spoken at baptism: Do…

Chloe, my daughter, has been very interested in sewing and in late February, my mom started to teach her how to sew and they made a tote bag together. Chloe had been asking me to get out my sewing machine, but I kept telling her that I would do it when we had more time, or…

Reformer Martin Luther challenged us to be “little Christs” to each other centuries ago. Now is an unprecedented time to imagine how to meet that challenge. Our world has been turned upside down. We can’t go through our church doors for worship and meetings as usual. Many of us may have lost employment or much…

There are many expectations put on a Pastor’s family. In public life Bob and I could pray openly, speak to groups, lead Bible studies, share our faith, but at home, we were private people in our faith. We didn’t share much ‘religious stuff, but more ‘human stuff.’ Bob was a sociology major in college, as…