Light and Warmth

It is really cold in my apartment. The wind outside is blowing against the building at 22 miles per hour, and it is -9 degrees Fahrenheit out there. Doors are frozen shut all around town. When I walked outside for just a few minutes, my eyes watered from the stinging and my tears nearly froze … Continue reading Light and Warmth

2013 in Review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Some interesting little tidbits here and there! A big, hearty THANK YOU to everyone who has read and commented on this blog this past year! Here's an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about … Continue reading 2013 in Review

A New Call

Those of you who have been following my journey through seminary know that I had delayed my entry into the ELCA call process until a few months ago, and that since then, I have been in conversation with the Bishop of the Northern Great Lakes synod. We've made a few visits to the area and … Continue reading A New Call

Sick of Christmas

I could have written this post more than two months ago, when I actually started to feel this way. And I write it even as I sit next to my lit Christmas Tree. I am sick of Christmas. Christmas is largely an empty holiday. On one side, there is Commercial Christmas, which exists solely to … Continue reading Sick of Christmas

An Advent Devotional

A few months ago, I was asked to write a devotion for the Trinity Lutheran Seminary Alumni Devotions. I was assigned December 20, and based my devotion on Galatians 4:1-7. You can find the entire devotion series here on Trinity's website. But when the fullness of time had come, God send his Son, born of … Continue reading An Advent Devotional