Monthly Archives: November 2019

In your lifetime, be it 10 years, 20 even 80 years, have you ever stumbled? I’m guessing everyone has stumbled more than once in their lifetime with decisions, with the aftermath of poor decisions or even physically stumbled or fallen. … Continue reading →

A new child in the family is coming soon. The room, its clothes, are prepared. Baby showers are given; the expectant mom is made comfortable; the dad is congratulated. Extensive preparations in joyful expectation are made. Do we enter Advent … Continue reading →

I have always loved Halloween. As a child, creating a unique costume consumed most of October. My mother was a good sport about the celebration; often staying up late to finish a special creation for one of the nine children … Continue reading →

We commemorate today three Lutheran missionaries: John Christian Heyer (1793-1873), Bartholomaeus Zigenbalg (1682-1718), and Ludwig Nommensen (1834-1918). Heyer and Zigenbalg were missionaries to India. Heyer was the first missionary sent by U.S. Lutherans. Danish-born Nommensen was the first Lutheran missionary … Continue reading →

A couple of months ago my wife, Paulette, got hearing aids. She had been warned in advance that it was difficult to adjust to them, that by amplifying sounds they also amplified noise, and not to expect too much. She … Continue reading →

We can be thankful that we live in a time when we are not afraid to consider the whole humanity of Jesus. He was a person, of course! He cried, he got hungry, tired, and then he bled and died … Continue reading →

Our family’s first ancestors to arrive in America were farmers fleeing the potato famine in Ireland. Their new home must have seemed so strange compared to the “old country.” But they wanted to belong in their new homeland, so when … Continue reading →

Before there was written language, stories were told and passed down through generations. People shared news of events as they passed along well traveled roads. They told of happenings, events, births, deaths, tragedies and shared life through conversation. Many days, … Continue reading →

She suffered, as many teens of her generation, addicted to alcohol at 14, lured by the world to drugs/depression and grave eating disorders. This was her cross to bear. Despite her years of good recovery, during my cancer diagnosis years … Continue reading →

Huh? What’s this? Well, this is a composition that was performed recently by our local symphony and chorus. The piece was written by Eric Whitaker, an American composer, for the band at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas after he … Continue reading →