What I Did On My Summer Vacation… One of my favorite Saturday Night Live “films,” from long, long ago, was, “What I Did On My Summer Vacation.” It was the old gang…the REALLY old gang…Chevy, John B., Gilda, Jane, Dan… And it was really, really funny. And this year? I, personally, got to feel that [...]
Welcome back Pastor Mike! I realize this article may be a little premature, but at the start of August Pastor Mike will return from his sabbatical. While it seems as though Pastor Mike was never too far away from the life and ministry of Trinity, I am extremely happy to know that he is back [...]
Much like our favorite shows about housewives, the Bible is filled with stories of love, lies, passion, death, childbirth, murder, deceit, and redemption. These stories are not just the stuff made up on television, but are the stories of people who come from all social backgrounds. The Bible tells us stories about widows, slave girls, [...]
Martin Luther said: “This life, therefore, is not godliness but the process of becoming godly, not health but getting well, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not now what we shall be, but we are on the way. The process is not yet finished, but it is actively going on. This [...]
When I first started at Trinity I made Pastor Mike promise that he would not leave for Sabbatical until I had been there a year. I guess it is his time to cash in on that promise. While Pastor Mike’s presence will be missed around the office and in worship, I am looking forward to [...]
The challenge is to be “Easter People,” especially once Easter has come and gone! I have found myself longing for Easter and Spring this year. That’s a little unusual for me. Winter doesn’t bother me much. Truth be told, I kind of like it. But this year I’m ready for Spring. Ready for tilling and [...]
About that Sabbatical… In a few short weeks, my sabbatical will begin. As I’ve explained before, Lutheran pastors are eligible for a sabbatical when they have served a church for seven years. (This is my fourteenth year at Trinity and my first sabbatical.) The sabbatical is to be twelve weeks in length. The purpose of [...]
By the time most of us get around to reading this article, Easter will have come and gone. We gathered with our family, friends, and this community to celebrate the resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. We have looked for the hidden Easter eggs, hoping to find something special in each one. As we have [...]
Maundy Thursday (4/1) 7:00 PM Trinity’s traditional Maundy Thursday service with communion bread prepared by the 5th and 6th grade Sunday School class. The students, who have received additional training in the Eucharist, will also assist in the service. Good Friday (4/2) 7:00 PM Trinity’s traditional “tenebrae” service, featuring special music by the Festival Choir, [...]
“Well behaved women seldom make history.” -Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. This quote hangs in my office and found a spot in every dorm room since my junior year in college. I had heard this quote several times since starting at Peace, it was, after all, a women’s college, and when I found this artwork I knew [...]