On Sunday, August 31, First Lutheran Church in Lorain, Ohio, worshipped outdoors. The backdrop of this worship setting was their historic, now charred building across the street which, three days earlier, had been destroyed by fire. Courtesy of First Lutheran Church Just two weeks before, the Northeastern Ohio Synod welcomed its newest pastors at aContinueContinue reading “UP FROM THE ASHES”
Category Archives: Witness
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”
ALL WE DID WAS OPEN OUR DOORS
The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it. [Matthew 13:45-46] On Sunday, July 27, nearly 60 kids from Camp Covenant along with their parents visited our worship service. Following the Hymn ofContinueContinue reading “ALL WE DID WAS OPEN OUR DOORS”
Walking Together in Faith 