St. Matthias Lutheran Church (ELCA)

Punctuated by Holy Presence
Once upon a time, actually more than once, it happened that I was chosen from amongst my peers to serve as chaplain of a particular group or organization. As I reflect on it I’m not sure that I had a whole host of competition for the job, but let me have my [...]

“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 who [...]

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, [...]

“Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” Mt 11:29
How do you learn best – from observation? by experience?, from seeking the advice of an expert, a guru or other wise and learned person? Do you learn by [...]

I have lived most of my life in or very near to the region of our country known as Appalachia. You and I are a part of it now as we live, work, worship, and serve Christ together in the upstate of South Carolina. Over the last three days, the Evangelical Coalition for Mission in [...]