Reflection from Pastor Amy “I can’t breathe.” George Floyd’s words spoken in the moments before his death ring in my ears in these days leading up to Pentecost Sunday, the festival when we mark the gift of the Holy Spirit to Christ’s church. In scripture, the Holy Spirit is often experienced as breath, wind, or […]
Reflection from Pastor Hoffman “You will be my witnesses to the ends of the earth!” That’s what Jesus tells his disciples before his ascension – before the resurrected Jesus returns to sit at the right hand of God in heaven – in this Sunday’s reading from Acts (1:6-14). You will be the ones to carry […]
Reflection from Pastor Hoffman “Do not let your hearts be troubled,” Jesus says in Sunday’s gospel. If only. There is much that is indeed troubling our hearts these days. If only it were as simple as not letting it be so. But Jesus surely intends his words to be comforting, even reassuring. “Do not let […]
Reflection from Pastor Amy For the last seven weeks, poetry has been my reading of choice. I hear of people reading the great novels of literature in these days. I don’t have capacity for much more than a few short, concentrated lines. I’m grateful our ancestors in faith saved their poetry, hymns, and prayers for […]
Reflection from Pastor Hoffman Six weeks ago, we began our journey into this alternate reality known as “physical distancing due to COVID-19.” Six weeks ago, we threw our calendars out the window, and with them all that we thought we knew about what the future might hold. For six weeks we have kept our distance, […]
Reflection from Pastor Hoffman Peace be with you. Those are the words that stand out to me this time in the familiar story that we always hear the week after Easter – the story of so-called Doubting Thomas. The disciples are locked away in the room where they had last shared a meal with Jesus […]
Reflection from Pastor Hoffman About ten years ago, a ministry out of Luther Seminary called Working Preacher created this video: “Easter is coming…” I invite you to watch it here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c2inXKD6PI&app=desktop] I am drawn to this proclamation of the Easter message. It names all of the reasons why the message of Easter – the conviction […]
Weekly STAR Reflection 5-31-2020
/in Pastor Amy, Reflections from Pastor AmyReflection from Pastor Amy “I can’t breathe.” George Floyd’s words spoken in the moments before his death ring in my ears in these days leading up to Pentecost Sunday, the festival when we mark the gift of the Holy Spirit to Christ’s church. In scripture, the Holy Spirit is often experienced as breath, wind, or […]
Weekly STAR Reflection 5-24-2020
/in Reflections from Pastor HoffmanReflection from Pastor Hoffman “You will be my witnesses to the ends of the earth!” That’s what Jesus tells his disciples before his ascension – before the resurrected Jesus returns to sit at the right hand of God in heaven – in this Sunday’s reading from Acts (1:6-14). You will be the ones to carry […]
Weekly STAR Reflection 5-17-2020
/in Pastor Amy, Reflections from Pastor AmyWeekly STAR Reflection 5-10-2020
/in Reflections from Pastor HoffmanReflection from Pastor Hoffman “Do not let your hearts be troubled,” Jesus says in Sunday’s gospel. If only. There is much that is indeed troubling our hearts these days. If only it were as simple as not letting it be so. But Jesus surely intends his words to be comforting, even reassuring. “Do not let […]
Weekly STAR Reflection 5-3-2020
/in Pastor Amy, Reflections from Pastor AmyReflection from Pastor Amy For the last seven weeks, poetry has been my reading of choice. I hear of people reading the great novels of literature in these days. I don’t have capacity for much more than a few short, concentrated lines. I’m grateful our ancestors in faith saved their poetry, hymns, and prayers for […]
Weekly STAR Reflection 4-26-2020
/in Reflections from Pastor HoffmanReflection from Pastor Hoffman Six weeks ago, we began our journey into this alternate reality known as “physical distancing due to COVID-19.” Six weeks ago, we threw our calendars out the window, and with them all that we thought we knew about what the future might hold. For six weeks we have kept our distance, […]
Weekly STAR Reflection 4-19-2020
/in Reflections from Pastor HoffmanReflection from Pastor Hoffman Peace be with you. Those are the words that stand out to me this time in the familiar story that we always hear the week after Easter – the story of so-called Doubting Thomas. The disciples are locked away in the room where they had last shared a meal with Jesus […]
Weekly STAR Reflection 4-12-2020
/in Reflections from Pastor HoffmanReflection from Pastor Hoffman About ten years ago, a ministry out of Luther Seminary called Working Preacher created this video: “Easter is coming…” I invite you to watch it here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c2inXKD6PI&app=desktop] I am drawn to this proclamation of the Easter message. It names all of the reasons why the message of Easter – the conviction […]