Article: 10 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About the Bible

Whew! I am glad the baseball season is over. I am not sure my heart and my head could take much more after Wednesday night’s extra inning, game 7. Most of you know what happened, the Chicago Cubs after 108 years won the World Series. It was the longest championship “drought” of any sports team…ever….

On Wednesday night at our “First Wednesday Speaker Series” we watched the documentary “A Time for Burning.”  The documentary is a 1966 film which explores the attempts of Pastor Youngdahl of Augustana Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska, to persuade his all-white congregation to reach out to black Lutherans on the city’s north side. The film was directed by San Francisco filmmaker William C. Jersey and was nominated…

It is Wednesday afternoon. I’m in my hotel room and I am working on “church stuff.” If you are not up to date on all the latest details of my life—let me fill in the blanks. On Sunday we had a wonderful Celebration of Art day AND we had churros. One of those two things…

On Monday, May 7th, a decision was made to separate children from their parents at our southern border if they attempt to cross our southern border illegally (which is a misdemeanor). There is an estimated 2000 children (updated number) being held in facilities along the US-Mexican border. Some would say that if someone breaks the…