Our relationship with our fathers is a complex thing. Grace and grief ground together. Where is God in your memories, your relationship with your father?
During pride month, let us be a safe haven for all who need a new family. Let us be a refuge for those who need safety and warmth.
Freedom. This word is often understood as being unconstrained, as in: “I can do what I want.” For Christians, freedom means something different.
Grace. If I could summarize the Christian faith in one word it would be Grace. Grace means getting what you don’t deserve, in a good way. It means being loved even when you feel unlovable; being forgiven when you are still steeped in guilt; being healed when you are incapable of healing yourself. This week, I start a summer series on Lutheran…
Peter is hardly the first person to challenge the status quo because of something God told him in a dream. In this reflection for the 5th week of Easter published in the Christian Century, Pastor Sarah asks the hard questions: What do you need to do to be part of Jesus’ community? What rituals do you need to participate in?…