Dear people of Bethlehem, In this season of the church, we have moved from Ascension Sunday, to Pentecost, to Trinity Sunday.  The

Dear Easter People, I have always admired Mary Magdalene’s decisions on Easter Sunday morning.  A woman of tenacity and strength, she

Dear people of Bethlehem, As a Lutheran expression of faith, we travel in liturgical seasons.  We move from the waiting of Advent,

Dear people of Bethlehem, Blessed New Year to you all.  May grace and hope be yours, as we journey like the

Dear Saints of Bethlehem, I am writing to you on the Eve of All Saints Day and a few days before the

I received a note this week.  It was from a member of the congregation and in the letter were words of kindness

It is a time of the Spirit.  This Pentecost we remember that the wind of God blows among us still.  The fire

We all know what Lent is supposed to look like. It looks like ashes and penitence and meditation and self-reflection. We know

February brings both Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday.  There could hardly be two more discordant ideas in our culture.  Valentine’s Day is