Senior Pastor at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Highland
May we always be aware of those who still need to be invited to the table, and may we show them the same hospitality that we have been blessed with at Christ’s table, knowing that we all come to the feast hungry and humble, because we all are in need of God’s grace. Luke 14:1, […]
Thanks be to God for the strength and perspective we know in Christ, and for the great cloud of witnesses that not only surround us as we live our lives in faith, but for the opportunity to be a part of it as well. Hebrews 11:29-12:2 & Luke 12:49-56
Today our Gospel lesson reminds us to be generous with what we have, giving us the perspective that our treasure is in heaven and not in earthly things. And when our hearts and minds are set on God, it is like the servant whose call is to be ready for their master. So be dressed […]
As we come to listen at the feet of Jesus in worship and in prayer and in personal devotion, Christ helps us to see the blessings in our lives. This then gives us direction for what we are being called to do in response to these blessings so that we can share them with others. […]
We are all a part of God’s neighborhood, and God makes no distinction in who God loves. May we always be mindful that everyone is our neighbor and that we have been called to love our neighbors just as surely as God first loved us. And when we have been beaten down or are too […]
Today in our Gospel lesson we are reminded that as we seek to Make Christ Known, we do so not only in the confines of this building, but we also do this out in the world. At one point Jesus appointed seventy people to go out in pairs to the various places Jesus himself intended […]
Just as Elijah passed the mantle to Elisha, just as Christ sent the disciples into the world to proclaim the Good News with the help of the Holy Spirit, just as our ancestors shared the faith with us so that we could be gathered here today, may we always be intentional about passing on the […]
As we hear the story of the demoniac, we are reminded of two things. The first is that we have been called by Christ to go to the places we call home and declare to those that are there how much God has done for us. The other thing that this story reminds us of […]
When we consider God as three in one: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we come to understand that even in the diversity present in the dynamic of God, there is still unity. If God has found community to be the best way to function and relate to creation, then what an opportunity we have to […]
During this weekend that we celebrate Pentecost, we are reminded of how the church waited for the gift of the Holy Spirit, and then how that gift sent them to share the good news with the people of all nations. No matter what we are called to next, because of Pentecost we know that we […]