After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. Revelation 7:9 I’m still caught up in the euphoria of last Saturday (SeptemberContinueContinue reading “REFLECTIONS ON MY INSTALLATION”
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UP FROM THE ASHES
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”
CHANGE IS COMING
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”