Faith’s Blog
Welcome Back to in Person Worship
With the re-opening of Faith for in-church worship on March 7, your Church Council, along with the Worship Team and Pastor Shaun, have established a set of guidelines for our re-opening. Our objective is to make our worship as safe and comfortable as possible for...
March Connections
This past Ash Wednesday we did drive-thru ashes at noon and after our 7pm service. Many of our folks came out on that Wednesday, and received this strange, important, sobering blessing. And it was a blessing to know we were receiving it together. Remember you are dust...
Snow, Snow, Snow
Friends in Christ, I write this to you as inches and inches, and in some places in our area — FEET — of snow are blanketing all our hills and yards and roads around Reno/Sparks/Tahoe. The kids have had a snow day off school, and with so much work at home in this...
Calm Your Hearts
It is my sincere hope and prayer that the grace of God and the hope of Christ and the warmth of love fills you this New Year. May God’s Spirit propel us into newness together! It’s the kind of paradox I preached during Christmastime, and it’s the same tune I’m humming...
So, We Wait
Dear Church Friends, Last year for Christmas Eve I wasn’t working for a church and I wasn’t an intern. I was in an “in-between” kind of place. Have you been in those places? Waiting for work? Or waiting to finish school? Waiting for a relationship to change? Waiting...
On Lighting Candles in the Dark
At this time of the year, as the days grow shorter and the nights grow longer, we may do well to light a candle in the dark. And I write it literally and metaphorically. Candles draw us in with sight and smell (and more!), drawing our senses to an attention in the...
I Love Songs That Sing the Scriptures
I love songs that sing the scriptures. Reach out sometime and I can give you a list of some of the ones that speak to me. And, I’d appreciate your list on this topic too!One of my favorites is Karla Adlophe’s song “You Are Mine,” where she’s beautifully echoing Isaiah...
Grace like Rain
A couple weeks ago, after preaching a sermon that was trying to implore hearers to “Remember your baptism,” and there discover strength and blessing … then it rained in the desert. Indeed! True story! Now, it’s not like it never rains in this mountain/desert ecotone...
Connections
Dear Faithful friends, On July 1st I began the pastorate here at Faith Lutheran. It’s been one month already! Busy. Fun. Challenging. And, celebratory! For me, this culminated in my ordination liturgy this past weekend, on the Feast Day of St. James. Together we are...