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...
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...
My six year old niece has been listening to the adults in her life talk about George Floyd, systemic racism, and the events in our neighborhood. She’s listening and she’s finding her own ways to process the information. On Sunday she said to her mom, “a very...
He has told you, O mortal, what is good;and what does the Lord require of youbut to do justice, and to love kindness,and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 Friday, May 29, 2020 Dear Roseville Lutheran Church, This is the time for the church to listen and act. Our community is...
I’ve been singing church songs as long as I can remember. In my formative years at Faith Lutheran Church in Morris Minnesota, we had three amazing humans that taught kids to sing. Wayne and Donna Jo Kopitzke, led music for us in Sunday School. With guitars, mile wide smiles...
Today’s Storytime comes to you with help from two of our high school seniors, and one younger sibling. Thank you Eddie, Laurynn and Jenna! We hear a story from Paul and start to see the building blocks of the whole story of faith. How high can you stack the story of faith? Here are some...
In story time today we hear about faith, hope, and love. What does faith look like in your life? Where are you finding hope? How do you share love with your neighbors? Here are some resources to use at home: Family Activities KidStuff Bulletins Bible Story
Psalm 19, verses 1 and 14: The heavens are telling the glory of God;and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heartbe acceptable to you,O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Psalm 19 starts out with really beautiful words about the wonder of...
Deuteronomy 15:7-8 If there is among you anyone in need, a member of your community in any of your towns within the land that the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tight-fisted toward your needy neighbor. You should rather open your hand, willingly lending enough to meet...
Romans 12:9-10 Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor. During this quarantine I've been watching a lot of episodes of the NBC sitcom The Office. There is an episode where Dwight decides to...