In the depths of another cold Minnesota winter, a topic of curiosity emerged from our Bible studies at Faith Lutheran. Who wrote the Bible and who decided what went into it? I offered to lead a book study of “Who wrote the Bible?” by biblical scholar of Jewish studies, Richard...
What is the Bible and why does an ancient story transform our lives today? Join a book study to read Rob Bell's "What is the Bible?" on Friday, March 25th at 1:30 at Faith (and Zoom). Order online or call the office at 651-464-3323 to reserve a copy. Anyone is welcome to this new book study...
Lent 2016, I began my call at Faith Lutheran Church. Fueled with coffee and riding on the excitement of the congregation to move forward, this was a memorable time! Arriving in Lent was a blessing because Wednesday services brought people into the church frequently as I got to know you and we...
If you are on social media, you need no introduction to Wordle. It’s a word game combining hangman and Scrabble to identify a word of the day. You get 6 guesses. Every time you guess, you learn if you have correct letters and if they’re in the right spot. The brilliance of the game...
At Christmas, we remember that the Alpha and Omega, Jesus, who was in the beginning (alpha) and in the end (omega), was born in a small middle east town south of Jerusalem. Bethlehem. Speaking of Greek letters, when I was in seminary, I learned to read the gospels (the good news of Jesus) in...
Elon Musk made news recently for a Twitter conversation about world hunger. Musk, with a net worth of approximately $288 billion (yes, billion with a b), responded to a call from the United Nations food program director David Beasley to the world’s billionaires to step up to fight against...
On Saturday, members from Faith went to Woodland Hills Church to help with the construction of a tiny house for a "missional" that will go in a future Sacred Settlement. Faith continues to provide leadership in this important and innovative solution for housing to the chronically...
In 2005, I lived in Uzbekistan for 4 months with my newlywed, Taryn, as Peace Corps volunteers. The first thing I learned in my Uzbek language class was how to tell the driver to stop the marshrutka, an unofficial taxi van that transported me to the next village over. If I didn’t...
A special ritual occurs when a leader in the Lutheran church completes their studies to become an ordained clergy. It’s called an ordination—literally being set apart or made holy. Faith Lutheran Church is thrilled to affirm the calling to ministry of one of our members. Amy...
A wise football coach once said, “doing the right thing is never the wrong thing.” Faith Lutheran will again expect everyone to be masked indoors in accordance with the Minnesota Department of Health and CDC guidelines. It’s the right thing to do. This decision comes down to...