Mental illness can be mild or severe, periodic or chronic, but it is one of the most common health problems in the U.S., says the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)….
Lectionary blog for April 28, 2019 Second Sunday of Easter Acts 5:27-32; Psalm 118:14-29; Revelation 1:4-8; John 20:19-31 When we think about the enormity of what God has done in…
Six years ago, on Easter Sunday, my mother died. She had been living in Puerto Rico; I was miles away in New Jersey. As I grappled with grief, my family,…
Lectionary blog for April 21, 2019 Resurrection of our Lord Isaiah 65:17-25; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Acts 10:34-43; John 20:1-18 Resurrection Sunday is a day of unalloyed triumph for the church….
Use your imagination and don’t be afraid to cut. That’s my advice for Lutheran musicians looking to incorporate contemporary worship songs into traditional liturgies. Because these kinds of songs are…
Lectionary blog for April 14, 2019 Palm Sunday Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 19:28-40; Luke 22:15-23:56 When I was completing the coursework for my doctorate, I read an…
Lectionary blog for April 7, 2019 Fifth Sunday in Lent Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8 I came to Lutheran Christianity and the ELCA only in my late…
The environmental crisis may be the No. 1 issue facing civilization. If our planet is not habitable, there is no future. Period. Game over. But as the damaging effects of…
It’s easy to be a lifelong Lutheran in North America and believe that all Lutherans across the globe have the same basic worship style, temperament and customs that we do….
Christie Purifoy’s new book Placemaker: Cultivating Places of Comfort, Beauty, and Peace (Zondervan, 2019) invites us to notice the world around us and to create opportunities to share the gifts…
Lectionary blog for March 31, 2019 Fourth Sunday in Lent Joshua 5:9-12; Psalm 32; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 The lectionary passages this week focus on one thing:…
“Your son bit a child today.” Those words stunned me to silence. “He what?” I finally croaked. Jack’s teacher had called me about the incident, which occurred during a squabble…
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