The Pastor’s Pen – August 2021
Saint John continues our late-summer Gospel readings with Jesus feeding the ancient crowds with bread, and feeding us with...
The Pastors Pen – A Tale of Two Halves
Trinity Sunday is the great hinge between the two halves of the liturgical year: The incarnation of Christ, and...
The Pastor’s Pen – PENTECOST
Maybe our congregations perceive Pentecost as a one-time celebration of the Holy Spirit. While red is the color of...
The Pastor’s Pen – Easter!
I heard of a local mega-church that raised a “sunrise” colored billboard one year that said simply “Easter: April...
The Pastor’s Pen – Holy Week
HOLY WEEK. For people who are accustomed to being at worship just once a week, the shift from once-weekly...
The Pastors Pen – Dive Into Lent!
LENT. Some years the season of Lent becomes merely a six week narrative of following Jesus on his journey...
The Pastor’s Pen – WHAT IS IT that makes for a good story?
A novel that grabs and keeps our attention gradually reveals that which is not known. A novel, at each...
The Pastor’s Pen – Advent
ADVENT is about the art of waiting. BUT … holiday decorations have been on the shelves in our “box...
Green Phase Update
This past month, we have begun the process of reopening the church buildings for worship, ministry activities, and outside...
Farewell – Live in Peace with One Another
Greetings St. John’s Lutheran Church! Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Put things in order, listen to my appeal, agree...