If last week was "for the birds"** when we explored The Third Article of the Apostles' Creed, this Sunday as we finish up our Apostles in August preaching series, is "for the dogs". The picture above is my dog Zoey. She, along with my other dog Dobby , is a source of unconditional love and joy. These "dog days of summer" I am attempting to behave a little more like my dogs. They rest when are tired. They eat when hungry. They don't rush around trying to get stuff done. They

What words come to mind when you see this photo? For me it is "slow". As a child my mother read to us Aesop's fables. The fable of the tortoise and the hare from my childhood often comes to mind also when I see a tortoise. And the lesson from that fable comes to mind...when I am wanting things to move faster, get done quicker or I want to just race to the finish line. That fable reminds about the value of "slow and steady. It came to mind with a gospel reading that calls

Eat this bread. Drink this cup. Come to me and never be hungry. Those are lyrics of a hymn similar to the one in the video above that may be used during the distribution of communion. The mystery of the incarnation; God coming in human flesh- Jesus the incarnation of love. This Sunday we explore the second article of the Apostles' Creed. Here it is from our monthly bulletin taken from the Small Catechism along with an explanation: The Second Article: On Redemption I believe

Don't let the opening screen of the video above scare you away.... As we explore the first article of the Apostles' Creed in our "Apostles in August" preaching series- allow for some of the wild, wonderful and goofy. God created you.. and me and all of us in God's image. When we profess, " I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth." it is the totality of creation, the seen and unseen, the known and the unknown, us and the hippopotamus that we trust Go

This familiar camp song in the video above has been going through my mind as I have been preparing for "Apostles in August". This 5 week preaching series is an invitation to enter into mystery. The mystery of God; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit- three in one. The mystery of proclaiming by faith a trust in that which cannot be quantified. The mystery of a God who invites us to into relationship over and over and over again. Psalm 46 was one of the texts I chose to share this