When you hear something alarming what is your response? When we are alarmed it can be hard to pause and to ponder. As together we hear some challenging words I hope you can find some breathing room, some space for curiosity. This Sunday is the last of us reading through Luke’s gospel in lectionary year C. It has some words that might sound frightening. I appreciate Eugene Peterson’s translation in The Message of Luke 21:5-19 . Click on that link to read it. He entitles this

It was almost twenty years ago that this sermon was preached. My husband was a manuscript writing preacher. In this post I am sharing with you the gift of the words he wrote and then preached five days before his unexpected death. On November 11, 2025 it will be twenty years since he died. To remember is holy and can be part of our healing. May some of these words speak to your own remembering on this All Saints Sunday. “What’s A Saint?” A sermon by Pastor Steve Cox (1957

There we were in the Houston Astrodome. There were thousands of us. After all the months of planning and preparing for the 2018 ELCA Youth Gathering we were now at the closing worship getting ready to get back on the bus for a 18 hour ride back home. It was amazing and breath taking. I was filled with overwhelming gratitude. We had joined together with three other churches to form a group of 30 youth plus adults for a milestone adventure. The planning and logistics were a lot

Kintsugi- is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold, silver or platinum Include the broken pieces.  This was part of the...