Happy New Year

We are on the precipice of 2011.  It’s time to make resolutions.  This is a challenge for many people, myself included.  Part of the reason is that it seems like such a futile exercise, yet I’ve read that although people more often break resolutions than not, they are also 10 times more likely to achieveContinue reading "Happy New Year"

Saint Teresa

The Church commemorates St. Teresa of Avila, also called St. Teresa of Jesus.  There is a lot written about this Spanish mystic in other areas of the internet so I won’t bother with history here.  What has always drawn me to this historical religious figure is the unwavering devotion to God that she portrayed.   SheContinue reading "Saint Teresa"

A Grateful Gift

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. John 14:3 On Monday, August 30, 2010, I officiated my first funeral at The Lutheran Church of the Covenant.  It was an end to aContinue reading "A Grateful Gift"