Immanuel Lutheran in Batavia And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world...

In New York’s Hayden Planetarium a special Christmas holiday show was enhanced by an added feature. A giant lollipop tree was projected...

A wooden manger and three wooden crosses Dear Lord, It is the dawning of a new week. As Christmas draws near, it is not a joyous season...

This four-week journey into worship has been interesting. I was not sure where God would lead this, but I do know I heard warnings from...

Some years ago in Los Angeles, a man was walking down the street with a sign on his shoulders. The front of it said, “I’M A SLAVE FOR...

The events of the last week in Pittsburgh at Tree of Life Synagogue can be faith-shaking. Amid the storms Lord, you remind me you are...

In this four-week series on the church, we have covered three things that the church in Jerusalem did that was doing harm to the Bride of...

Prayerlessness (James 4: 2b–3) “You don’t have because you don’t ask. 3 You ask and don’t have because you ask with evil intentions, to...

What the worship wars have done to good faithful pastors and congregations is take the focus off the purpose worship. In this series, it...

I remember it like it was yesterday.  I graduated seminary with this childlike understanding of the work I was called to do. “Go, Teach,...

In a 2013 Washington Post article that issue was addressed from a business perspective.  What is interesting is that if you didn’t know...

This leadership lesson is a part of an ongoing set of blog posts, “Lessons I have learned from The Global Leadership Summit.” “If you do...

As a leader, what is your goal?  To motivate your team or to inspire them? Life is not an either/ or and there are only a few absolutes....

Landscape architect Walter Hood has explored this question over the course of an iconic career, with projects ranging from Lafayette...

8Rather, you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and...

“Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.”- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Being an only child for the first eight...

If you stop and think about it for a moment the term Pot-Luck is disturbing. You are not sure what you are receiving at the church...

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Enough already, stop labeling people with whom you disagree. Being a Black American I can tell you I have seen my fair share of racism. I...

In the US, most kids have a very long summer break, during which they forget an awful lot of what they learned during the school year....