Health authorities note with concern that mental illness appears to be a growing problem among youth and young adults, but stigma, shame and lack of awareness may deter people from…
Lectionary blog for Oct. 4, 2020 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80:7-15; Philippians 3:4b-14; Matthew 21:33-46 I recently co-hosted a training for lay leaders about Lutheran Christian theology….
Lectionary blog for Sept. 27, 2020 Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32; Psalm 25:1-9; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32 It can be no secret by now to anyone reading this…
Lectionary blog for Sept. 20, 2020 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Jonah 3:10-4:11; Psalm 145:1-8; Philippians 1:21-30; Matthew 20:1-16 The parable of the landowner and the day laborers is one of…
For 25 years, music has played a vital role at House of Mercy, St. Paul, Minn. In addition to regularly hosting concerts by local and national acts, the congregation has…
Like many new parents, I constantly heard the refrain “They grow up so fast” when my children were babies. Parents say this, of course, because it’s true. In the blink…
Lectionary blog for Sept. 13, 2020 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 50:15-21; Psalm 103:8-13; Romans 14:1-12; Matthew 18:21-35 Last week we discussed Jesus’ teaching on loving folks who hurt other…
Deprived by the COVID-19 pandemic of their cap-and-gown traditions—the proud and stately walk to “Pomp and Circumstance,” the calling of the graduate’s name, the stroll across the stage to receive…
Not since the flu pandemic of a hundred years ago has the world seen a crisis like COVID-19. It has disrupted lives, families, nations and economies across the globe. As…
Lectionary for Sept. 6, 2020 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Ezekiel 33:7-11; Psalm 119:33-40; Romans 13:8-14; Matthew 18:15-20 I don’t know about you all, but I feel extremely uncomfortable pointing out…
When their father died suddenly from pancreatic cancer in 1981, Rodger Ericson and his brother scrambled to make arrangements with an out-of-state funeral home. While the funeral came together quickly,…
Lectionary for Aug 30, 2020 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Jeremiah 15:15-21; Psalm 26:1-8; Romans 12:9-21; Matthew 16:21-28 Do you ever have the feeling that something makes little sense but works…
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