Succeeding at the Word Find Puzzles has sometimes been a challenge. These puzzles contain words that are hidden in-between other letters of the alphabet. It is not just up and down that they are hidden. They also angle upward and downward, even reusing letters from previous...
Headline: “Americans are unhappiest they have been in 50 years.” Wow. My golf partner told me about this on Monday as we were constantly waiting for the group ahead of us. I was chomping at the bit to shoot. He told me to cool my jets and live “in the moment” instead of...
It’s week three of our Carryout Camp and today is Storytime. This week’s theme is Joy in Serving. How much do you like to do your chores? It’s always so much more fun when you work with someone. Today our story comes from Kirsten and Abby in the supply closet...
I was about 6 or 7 and I think it was 1982 when my home church, Faith Lutheran in Morris Minnesota, was led by Pastor Nancy Larson as our interim pastor. I think she was only at our church for a few months but she made a significant impact on my life. She is the reason that my whole...
I want to introduce you all to Sydney Johnson. She is a 9th grader who got confirmed on June 14th and graciously agreed to read the poem that she wrote as her faith statement. If you didn't have an opportunity to hear it yet and even if you did, I encourage you to...
This piece was written for a sermon in July of 2016, the week Philando Castile was killed in Falcon Heights, it seems important for today too. I saw one fruit fly in my kitchen last week. It was on a banana. It seemed harmless. I rolled my eyes and called my neighbor a...
It’s week two of our Carryout Camp and today is Storytime. This week’s theme is Joy in a challenge. What do you do when you lose something? Today our camp counselors Emma and Kirsten are going to go searching and do a happy dance when they find the lost item...
What a great time we had last Sunday with our drive-in worship service in the parking lot. Definitely a different experience! I was a parking lot attendant and didn’t always hear what was happening in the service (people listened on their car radios), so I jumped at times when...
I have a friend who is always late for everything. Every… Thing... In college she was late for study sessions, “I’m sorry, I lost track of time!” She came two days late to our college reunion, “I didn’t know it started on Thursday evening!” She...
Today is the first week of Carryout Camp. We’re celebrating Joy in every season, today is about Joy in Belonging. It's a celebration of baptism. You will get wet!! You can find the story in Luke chapter 3 verses 21 and 22. Make sure to watch all three videos today. First...