June 10, 2024 – The Mystery of Life
How is your garden looking? I had some luck with cilantro last year by planting them from seeds rather than potted plants. Encouraged, Connie and I are trying our hand at tomatoes and cucumbers this year. Our neighbor brought over tomatoes she had grown, and they were GREAT. So, we are giving it a try. […]
May 29, 2024 – Family Dynamics
I hope you had a refreshing and reflective Memorial Day Weekend. Connie and I had a great time with our family. We celebrated our son’s birthday coupling it with a baby shower for our daughter. My time with family will continue as I travel to Germany to meet my sister Marcia for a week. Later […]
May 29, 2024 – Family Dynamics
I hope you had a refreshing and reflective Memorial Day Weekend. Connie and I had a great time with our family. We celebrated our son’s birthday coupling it with a baby shower for our daughter. My time with family will continue as I travel to Germany to meet my sister Marcia for a week. Later […]
May 21, 2024 – The Holy Trinity and Simple Faith
We had a wonderful celebration of the Preschool on Sunday. Thanks to the Preschool committee and Connie for a wonderful reception for them. As we announced on Sunday, the preschool is in transition. Heather Uribe is leaving for Alabama. Current staff members, Joy and Jennifer will take over leadership of the school. Transitions are a […]
May 7, 2024 – Jesus is Praying for You
These words are a wonderful comfort. Each week we pray for the people that are in our hearts. They have let me know what it means to them. Nelson who has led our prayer/meditation group appreciates our prayers for him. This group he started, continues. I also heard from Becky Malinowski who has suffered from […]
April 30, 2024 – Love Letters
In her later years my mother used to like to “downsize” her collections of memories, pictures, letters, etc. However, what would normally happen is that she would take days reading letters, viewing pictures, and in the end save them all. My daughter, Brie, and husband, Ying, were kind enough to digitize all of the pictures […]
April 23, 2024 – The True Vine
This Sunday we look at another of the “I am” sayings of Jesus – Jesus as the True Vine. Many people imagine God as an old man with a flowing beard, far removed from the world, looking over things from a distant heavenly throne. In this painting of Michelangelo God makes a rare appearance in […]
April 16, 2024 – The Good Shepherd
The Good Shepherd John Chapter 10 is such a comfort as is Psalm 23. They are often chosen for funerals to console those who mourn. I am doing a committal service for Donna Esquer, a lifelong Lutheran who lived most recently at Golden Oaks. We will be at Riverside National in the beauty of that […]
April 6, 2024 – Too Good to be True?
Have you ever experienced something that was too good to be True? The women and the disciples did. Chapter 24 Luke tells us the story of three appearances of the Risen Lord. The first is to the women who go to the tomb. They go early in the morning to anoint the body of Jesus but do […]
April 2, 2024 – Blessed Beyond a Doubt
Are there times in life that you feel blessed? As humans we are not geared to focus on the Good Times in life. We are geared to be careful and cautious. We focus on the threats, which were especially helpful when dangers in jungles and forests were abundant. The media is well aware of this […]
