Beauty Surrounds Us
Sabbatical Day 11 Lori and I are spending the week on Minnesota’s North Shore, about 25 minutes up Highway 61 from Two Harbors. It’s been a good week. We’ve had … Continue reading Beauty Surrounds Us
Category: Matthew
Watching for New
Our home backs up to a wooded area. Every spring, I try to pay attention to the trees, plants and other growing things coming back to life. I go out and look … Continue reading Watching for New
God’s Vision for Trinity
A question I wonder about a lot is: “When God imagines Trinity in the days to come, what does God see?” Our leadership has spent a lot of time thinking…and praying about … Continue reading God’s Vision for Trinity
The Law of Love
The new fence went in this past week around the playground at Trinity. It replaces the (quite ugly) temporary, plastic fencing that has been in place since the beginning of … Continue reading The Law of Love
Well Done
Do you remember the first time you felt really, really trusted? The first time that someone entrusted you with an important responsibility, or a task? I remember when I was … Continue reading Well Done
For Whom the Bell Tolls
There are moments that stand out…that catch our attention. These are moments that make us pause, look and take it all in. These are moments that change us. I’ve experienced … Continue reading For Whom the Bell Tolls
#ForOwatonna Part III: Treasure
Miss Lucille was a woman who lived in what was basically a plywood shack, in the small community of Morehead City, North Carolina. The youth group I was leading was … Continue reading #ForOwatonna Part III: Treasure
Crossing Boundaries
Sam, our youngest son, and I were on a canoe trip in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area trip a couple of weeks ago. We’d been paddling up along the Canadian … Continue reading Crossing Boundaries
From Compassion to Action
Human beings have an interesting and sometimes complicated relationship with our own emotions. As children, we try to learn to manage them. Everything is immediate and everything is a crisis. … Continue reading From Compassion to Action
Be Where Your Feet Are
There is a line in today’s Gospel story that has caught my attention. Jesus is telling a parable about how someone has polluted a wheat field with weeds. In the … Continue reading Be Where Your Feet Are
Faith, Liberty and Face Masks
As the pandemic has drawn on (and on…and on…and on…), an interesting debate has emerged about the role of face masks – their effectiveness and their necessity. I will be … Continue reading Faith, Liberty and Face Masks
Patina
I have been looking forward to this week’s reading from the Gospel of Matthew for weeks. Really, I have. For at least a month, we’ve been plowing away through these … Continue reading Patina
Test Driving Theology 