April 2021 Dear Friends – Every year the Gospel reading for the second Sunday of Easter is from John 20: 19 ff. I remember how last year – when we…
“WHY ARE YOU FRIGHTENED?” Are you a worrier? Do you know someone who is a worrier? Are you married to someone who is a worrier? I know that for me…
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“I DID NOT HEAR ANYONE NEAR ME PRAYING THAT VERSION OF THE PRAYER” I remember after the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, which provided for the possibility of the ordination of…
There are three things I would like to talk about in this letter. The first one is something I would highly recommend. The other two are matters of great concern.…
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UNWANTED JOURNEYS I can imagine Mary, about to give birth, between contractions, forcing back the tears and saying, “It was not supposed to be this way! I was not supposed…
Dear Friends: Have you ever noticed that among the first words of the angels to Mary, Joseph, and the shepherds were the words “Do not be afraid”? In…