Our Baldwin is broken! Most Sundays, more doesn’t work than works. Thanks to Peteria’s skill, you may not have noticed. It has been a challenge and a large expense to find the repairmen and parts to keep it going. A small group of us has been commissioned to an intense search for its ...
We are on our last Sunday of our sermon series, Lent—A Call to True Life. At the start of the Lenten Journey I shared this introduction to the Faith Compass:“As disciples of the Lord Jesus we are called to resist the sin that separates us from the love of God and neighbor. The ...
I continue to be drawn to what Henri Nouwen says in his book, Making All Things New. Jesus . . . does not try to pull us away from, or say what we do is unimportant, or suggest that we withdraw from the struggles of the world. . . . Jesus . . . asks us to relocate the center of our attentions. . ...
Richard Foster in his book, Celebration of Discipline, begins with these words: “Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for ...
You see in the circle to the right the word “calling,” which can also be described as identity. Perhaps “the” question of life is the question of identity—“Who am I?” I googled this question and found vastly different points of view on what creates a ...
As disciples of the Lord Jesus we are called to resist the sin that separates us from the love of God and neighbor. The disciplines of Lent—repentance, fasting, prayer, reading of scripture and works of love—help us turn to and live in the harmony that God desires for all creation. Our ...
Dear friends in Christ, First of all, thank you for the warm welcome as I join you as intentional Interim Pastor — a welcome that started even before I arrived, with Bryce, Brooke, John, and the committee on Staff Parish Relations. I am delighted to be working with so many quality leaders ...
Every day in Guatemala was full of activity for WBLUMC members Beth and Sarah Smith, from building a house for a local family, visiting sponsored children, going on social work visits, playing with children in the daycare, assisting in the pharmacy or clinic and observing in a local school. Beth ...
Over the past six years, since the development of our Bread Oven Ministry, we have learned many things about planning and executing events using our beautiful oven. One of those things is that it takes the same amount of wood and time to heat up the big oven for a small bread baking or pizza event ...
Starting July 25 David Doppenberg will begin as the Intentional Interim Pastor. David is a Lutheran Pastor. He has served as Senior Pastor at Faith Lutheran Church in Coon Rapids for 9 years and Lead Pastor at St. John's Lutheran Church in Annandale, Minnesota, for 12 years. Most recently he has ...