• Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler.

    Let the Good Times Roll. As I count the days before attending the 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans with our confirmation youth — Amelia, Henry, and Kirby — I am excited and hopeful.  As I look back on my own faith formation, experiences such as the Gathering resonate strongly and deeply. My little…

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  • Broods of Locusts and Other Summer Fun.

    I just returned from a quick trip to Missouri for the wedding of a niece. Besides the joy catching up with family and old friends, meeting a new great-grand nephew, and officiating a wonderful wedding, I was able to once again hear the buzzy trill of cicadas as they emerge from their burrows in the…

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