As followers of Christ, we at Emmanuel Lutheran believe we are called to live in unity with all of creation. Therefore, we are committed to serving God and sharing Christ’s love with all people…
Some endings deserve more than turned-in keys and a moved-on moment. For more than forty years, the Emmanuel Senior Enrichment Center has made its home in our building. Aging adults and people with disabilities found welcome there — meals, community, dignity, a place to belong. And in offering that space, we were shaped by it too. The ESEC wasn’t just a tenant. It was a living expression of things we say we believe: that generosity matters, that community is worth…
Here’s something they don’t always tell you in seminary: Easter is hard to follow up. Christmas has a whole season of buildup. Lent is forty days of preparation. But Easter? Easter Sunday arrives in a blaze of lilies and alleluias and brass instruments, and then — Monday happens. The decorations are still up. The leftover ham is in the fridge. And life, with its very ordinary demands, resumes more or less on schedule. As Lutherans, we actually have something to…
I have a confession to make: I have always wanted to try Dinner Church. I know, I know — I’m a pastor. I’ve had dinner. I’ve had church. Technically, I’ve even had dinner and church on the same day. But that’s not quite the same thing, is it? Dinner Church, as a worship practice, isn’t about eating before the service or grabbing a potluck after. It’s about the meal and the worship being genuinely, fully woven together — the way…
This past weekend, we lost an hour. Most of us felt it on Sunday morning. That particular kind of tired that isn’t quite like regular tired — the one where your body knows something has been taken from it and is not shy about saying so. I’ll be honest: standing at the front of a worship space, trying to preach with coherence and lead with energy while running on one fewer hour of sleep is its own spiritual discipline. Maybe…
