Do you remember when you learned how to walk? I certainly don’t! I was too young to understand the importance of my actions. I was, of course, encouraged by those around me and I am sure there were claps of joy as I took my first steps. I remember my children’s first steps and even...
Lauren J. Wrightsman, Senior Pastor Henry Beston is an American writer who wrote, The Outermost House (1928). In this collection of essays, Beston writes, “Our fantastic civilization has fallen out of touchwith many aspects of nature, and with none morecompletely than with...
Our collective hearts grieve for the deaths of lives lost in the most recent gun shootings in America. Ten lives cut down as they shopped for groceries in Buffalo, New York. Nineteen children and two adults killed in school shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, TX. As their names flash across...
Gracious God, We, the people of the Roseville area, pray with all of those who mourn the death of Principal Brian Koland (Edgerton Elementary). We come to you at this time of great shock and grief, seeking your solace and your peace. May your light continue to shine in the darkness, and...
Dear Members and Friends of Roseville Lutheran Church, Thank you for your participation at Roseville Lutheran’s Annual Meeting, held on Sunday, August 23rd. We had just over 150 members join us for this time of conversation, questions and reports and had overwhelming support in passing...
There has been a lot of talk lately (and understandably so) about what our economic recovery may look like as we swim our way out of the depths of a pandemic onto more solid shores of stability. You can see on the chart that there are different “shapes” that economic recoveries look...
Recently, I have been getting a slew of emails from members and friends of Roseville Lutheran Church asking me if it is truly I who have sent them a request to go out and buy $700 of gift cards to help the poor, the needy, the sick or the destitute. One of these requests was sent to some members...
You know when you come upon something that resonates with where you're at, right at the moment? This is one of those things for me! So today, I'm sharing this devotion I saw from writer Parker Palmer. – Pastor Lauren. Great poems seem to have been written for whatever moment we...
I have a friend who is always late for everything. Every… Thing... In college she was late for study sessions, “I’m sorry, I lost track of time!” She came two days late to our college reunion, “I didn’t know it started on Thursday evening!” She...
As I am writing this devotion, I am secluded away at my brother’s cabin for a short respite of solitude. For those of you who don’t know me, I am by nature, an introvert. Subsequently, the past months of continued contact with my dearly beloved family, (Yes, they are loved!) has made...