February 14, 2024 is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. It is also St. Valentine’s Day. Ash Wednesday is one of the two days in the Church calendar which encourages fasting and abstinence. Valentine’s Day, as...
What Will Be New This New Year With the 2024 celebrations come the inevitable challenges to make a “new you” for yourself. The commercials push for us to remake ourselves in our own new image; whatever image that might be. So often...
I have always loved barns. When I was a kid, like most kids, I would be hurriedly running in and out of the house, constantly leaving the doors open behind me! From out of nowhere would come the booming voice of my dad, “Close...
A long time ago, when I was a student at Albion College, Michigan (with Methodist ties) we had mandatory Chapel Service attendance. I was familiar with the Methodist hymns we sang at Wesley Chapel because for years my grandmother played the...
Martin Luther is known as the “Father of the Reformation”. October marks the month when we take time to reflect on what took place within the church during this reformation. Martin Luther lived in the dark times of the Middle...
September is, by tradition in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Christian Education Month. It is a time when the church celebrates the gifts of Christian education and looks forward to opportunities of growth for the upcoming year. I think of...
Collier County is named after Barron Gift Collier Barron G. Collier was a businessman who owned a substantial amount of land in the area. He is known as the “founding father” of Collier County. It was once part of Lee...
On June 18, 2023 we celebrate Father’s Day. I remember that every summer my dad, my best friend, and I would gather up our backpacks and head out for a nine day adventure hiking the Appalachian Trail. Dad had decided we would attempt hiking...
As you know now, Our Lord has graciously moved Pastor Sam to accept His Call to be an Associate Pastor at Faith Lutheran Church in Oakville, MO. He reminds us that through this process that “Jesus has wonderfully shaped me, my wife...
Blessings and peace to you as we continue to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. My purpose in writing to you as your administrative and assailant pastor is to provide you with a brief update of various things...
