During the midst of this pandemic, I was introduced to a song by Suzzy Roche and her daughter Lucy Wainwright Roche entitled, “I Can Still Hear You”. (To listen to the song, click here). I don’t know what haunts me most, the beautiful harmony of mother and daughter, or...
Many years ago, when I was a teenager, I was a guest at a friends home whom I knew because of our shared involvement in the church. As with most households, the kitchen area seemed to be the hub of the activity and, because it was a household of teenagers, the refrigerator was the center point...
As we journey through the Epiphany season, Christ continues to reveal to us the mission and ministry we are being called into. As we enter into this text (Luke 4:14-30) we encounter Jesus delivering a sermon at his hometown synagogue in Nazareth. At first, the people who are gathered are...
Like many Lutherans, I was baptized as an infant and have no memory of the day that I was washed with the water and the word and baptized in the name of “the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” As a pastor, I have said these words at the baptism of infants as young as a few...