Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. [Psalm 127:1a] Next Monday, September 1, is my first official day as Bishop of the Northeastern Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. As a result, this is more of a nuts and bolts post to inform you of aContinueContinue reading “CHANGE IS COMING”
Category Archives: The Church
LITTLE IS MUCH WHEN GOD IS IN IT
Sunday, August 3, 2014, I preached and presided for the final time at The Lutheran Church of the Covenant. Again I offer my sermon as a blog post rather than write a separate reflection on the event. Perhaps at a later date I will summarize the range of emotions I experienced that day. But forContinueContinue reading “LITTLE IS MUCH WHEN GOD IS IN IT”
THE RUSH OF A VIOLENT WIND – 2014 EDITION
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. [Acts 2:1-2] It is said that a passage of Scripture speaks to each person differently everyContinueContinue reading “THE RUSH OF A VIOLENT WIND – 2014 EDITION”
Walking Together in Faith 