St. Matthias Lutheran Church (ELCA)

“Love Has Found A Way” In one of his early books, author Robert Fulghum, shared a little story of the neighborhood children who were playing hide-n-seek in the yard around his house. He recalls the fun of joining in the game as a youth himself. He asked, “Did you have a kid in your neighborhood [...]

St. Jerome, in his commentary on Galatians (Jerome, Comm. in ep. ad. Gal., 6, 10), tells the well-loved story that John the Evangelist continued preaching in Ephesus even when he was in his 90s. John was so weakened by old age that the people had to carry him into the Church in Ephesus on a [...]

During my undergraduate years, I took a semester course in Geology, partly because I couldn’t hack Biology, but also because it fit conveniently into my schedule. I remember the course, not so much because we learned lots about rocks, but because of the promised “field trip” listed on the course syllabus. As it turns out, [...]