Roses, Saints, and the Grace of God

“I pray . . . you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints . . .” –a portion of Ephesians 1:17-18 When Wendell and I first visited Grace Lutheran in November of 2008 and again in...

Summer Wind

The last Sunday, the last day, in May is Pentecost, that day when we will celebrate the mighty rush of breath that blew upon the first disciples on the Jubilee of the Resurrection. Perhaps some of you, maybe even many of you, remember those years, back in the...

I will, and I ask God to help me

Continual Trust for a Continual, Mutual Commitment On the afternoon of May 3rd when Wendell and I were installed as your pastors, we were blessed to be surrounded by so many of you, by members of Grace, by family, by friends, by staff and by pastoral colleagues. The...