Hello friends, While flying home from our vacation, I looked out my window just as we were flying over Lake Powell. I took the photo to...

Hello friends, This is just a quick note for you all as I am continuing my vacation. As you read this we will have gone from Spain to...

Dear Friends, This week I’m at the ELCA Systems Academy. My plan for the newsletter was to share some learning from this week, but quite...

Dear Friends, This week in bible study, we talked about how our actions are often more powerful than our words. This reminded me of a...

Dear Friends, A year ago this week we celebrated the arrival of our first grandchild. Today we gather with family and friends to...

Dear Friends, Happy Labor Day weekend! Or our traditional end of summer… which is a bit crazy since September and October are often...

Dear Friends, As many of you know, I like to paint as a hobby. For the past few months I’ve been gathering with a couple friends to do...

Dear Friends, This is a fund update from my March 22 nd  newsletter. In that newsletter I shared with you a letter that I wrote for a...

Dear Friends, This is my last post from the book, “Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: Tight and Loose Cultures and the Secret Signals that...

Dear Friends, I am continuing to read and share from the book, “Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: Tight and Loose Cultures and the Secret...

Dear Friends, This week I began a book titled, “Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: Tight and Loose Cultures and the Secret Signals that Direct...

Dear Friends, What a joy it was to celebrate ALC’s anniversary last week. I loved the stories that some of you shared. They told of a...

Dear Friends, This week the IRS decided that churches are able to endorse candidates for elections. Previously such an endorsement could...

Dear Friends, I hope you are all well this weekend. In times of tension, we can remember that even in the midst of trouble we can find...

Dear Friends, This week I was in Chicago for more learning about family and church systems. The work is inspiring, enlightening, and...

Dear Friends, I’ve shared a bit of my history in sermons, but that doesn’t mean that you all know (or remember) it. For as long as I can...

Dear Friends, Last week I shared a favorite quote from the ELCA Systems academy. What I didn’t say was that I recently re-read all my...

Dear Friends, In reading some of my Systems Academy notes this week, I came across this quote and laughed: “ Just because you bought a...

Dear Congregation Members, This week’s newsletter is an update on our work in transition. In June I will have served as your interim...

Dear Friends, On this Mother’s Day weekend my original plan was to run a half marathon in Solvang. Instead, I’m at home with my leg...