Dear Friends, I thought I’d share some of what I am thinking after the election. First, I recognize that we do not all have the same...

Dear Friends, On Sunday, we commemorated All Saints Day. The actual day for All Saints is November 1, so in worship it is always the...

Dear Friends, HAPPY REFORMATION! These words, Happy Reformation, seem a bit odd. We, as Lutherans, celebrate the Reformation as the...

Dear Friends, I want to thank everyone who came to the budget workshop a few weeks ago. It was helpful for church leadership to be able...

Hello Friends, Sunday, October 6th, I ran my 14th marathon in Minnesota. It was a beautiful course that took us from downtown...

Dear Friends, I’m writing this message from Minnesota where I’ll be doing a marathon on Sunday. Earlier in the week I was at ELCA...

Dear Friends, Welcome October! We have a busy month ahead of us. First, there will be a budget workshop after worship on October 13. We...

Happy Saturday! I hope that you are able to do something enjoyable this weekend, and I hope to see you at worship tomorrow morning. I...

Hello Friends, In this week’s gospel Jesus invites those hearing him to, “pick up your cross and follow me…” Most of us are familiar with...

Dear Friends, I hope you are all finding ways to stay cool in the midst of this heat wave. While Oxnard is much cooler at 86°, it is very...

Dear ALC Family, Happy Labor Day weekend. It seems fitting that we are concluding this journey through the book, “Sabbath as Resistance:...

Dear ALC Family, Happy weekend! My half marathon last week went well…it was hard and hot and still fun. Overall, we had a wonderful...

"Do not let the foreigner joined to the LORD say,
 "The LORD will surely separate me from his people";
 and do not let the eunuch...

Dear ALC Family, What a week! If you haven’t heard, the running mate, Tim Walz, selected by Vice President Kamala Harris is the governor...

ello friends, Happy August! I know that for many of you, late July and early August is bringing Covid. I know many people who have, had,...

This is the first in a series of posts about Walter Brueggeman's book "Sabbath as Resistance"

Greetings, We have a very busy weekend in our family. A baby shower for my son and his fiancée. The Rolling Stones Concert. A birthday...

Hello everyone, I’m writing this to you from June Lake, in the afternoon, on Independence Day. As I think about this day, I think about...

Greetings, It’s hard to believe that 2024 is half over! We start the second half of the year with the celebration of Independence Day....

This is the second post about the book " The Age of Grievance " by Frank Bruni.