Portraits of the 20th Century Laureate Group Senior Living Communities, located in the Greater Milwaukee Area, has achieved a milestone in the senior living industry! This year marks their 50th year of enhancing the lives of older adults, and what better way to celebrate than walking down memory lane and releasing an encore edition of … [Read more…]
We have pitched our tent! “Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the ‘tent of meeting.’ Anyone inquiring of the Lord would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp.” Exodus 33: 7 I spent a couple summers during college and seminary as the director of the … [Read more…]
Holy Communion This Sunday! On Sunday for the first time in a long time we will be celebrating the Lord’s Supper, also known as Communion, also known as the Eucharist (Thanksgiving). Have you missed this experience? What is it about communion that you need and miss? Why is this meal important? Is it a ritual … [Read more…]
When will we be worshiping inside of our church? The First Lutheran congregation council has been wrestling with this question for several months now, and we still don’t know much about moving back inside the church. While we have sought reliable information from local and national health officials, we have decided to delay moving services … [Read more…]
All Are Welcome “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,the new creation has come…All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.” 2 Corinthians 5:17-28 Here is an interesting article about an incident that happened to a biracial teenager in the tiny Wisconsin village (population 66!) … [Read more…]
OUTDOOR WORSHIP PREPARATION The FLC Council has reviewed plans for worshiping in our courtyard and approved a service for July 5th at 10:00 A.M.! That’s the good news! …And now (just like those drug commercials on TV) here are some of the details and Frequently Asked Questions to help you prepare for and consider whether … [Read more…]
FREEDOM IS OUR NAME One of the great additions to the ELCA Youth Gathering in recent years, was the development of the Practice Discipleship Initiative which ran from 2012-16. The PD Initiative invited leaders of youth and young adult ministries to share valuable lessons and introduce tools for daily discipleship. I was invited to write … [Read more…]
Pastor’s Corner – June 22, 2020 37 Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? 38 And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? 39 … [Read more…]
What is Juneteenth? Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. From its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States and beyond. Today Juneteenth commemorates African American freedom and emphasizes education and … [Read more…]
Remembering the Emanuel Nine with the ELCA On June 17th, 2015 I was in the middle of a trip through the Southeastern United States recruiting young people for my Abundant Life Together and other Life in Service opportunities that are offered to ELCA young adults. I was also researching whether there was interest from those … [Read more…]
