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Sunday evening, February 19, 2012, 6:45 p.m. Dear Prayer Partners and Friends: I am so grateful as I think back over the week just passed, even if it was not the easiest of weeks to live through. I was still dealing with some jet lag from my African and European travels earlier in the . . . → Read More: Sunday afternoon, February 12, 2012, 2:10 p.m. Dear Prayer Partners and Friends: Welcome back to the weekly prayer partners blog … and hello from Wilmington! I am sitting at the Delaware rest stop on I-95 (it’s one of my favorite hang-outs because they have free wi-fi and – you’ll laugh at me – I . . . → Read More: Prayer Partners 02.12.2012 Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 9 a.m. Dear Prayer Partners and Friends: Welcome to this special edition of the prayer partners blog at an unusual time. It comes with a special request. This Friday, I will set out on my first-ever trip to Africa, leading a small delegation from the Delaware-Maryland Synod to Tanzania to . . . → Read More: Prayer Partners 01.17.2012 Sunday morning, January 8, 2012, 6:45 a.m. PT Dear Prayer Partners and Friends: Good morning from San Diego! I have been at the Bishops’ Academy since Wednesday and am getting ready for a day of travel as Josef and I are making our way home via Houston today. (Margaret was with us, too, as . . . → Read More: Prayer Partners 01.08.2012 Monday , January 2, 2012, 11:30 a.m. Dear Prayer Partners and Friends: We drove to New Jersey with a heavy heart yesterday. After 108 years of ministry in what is now the poorest and second-most violent city in the country, Grace Lutheran Church in Camden was holding its closing service. This is the church . . . → Read More: Prayer Partners 01.02.2012 Sunday evening, December 18, 2011, 5:30 p.m. Dear Prayer Partners and Friends: OK, so I admit it: I have a love-hate relationship with Christmas. You see, I hate Christmas, and every year around this time, I get so fed up with all the shopping and the baking and the decorating and the sweet Christmas . . . → Read More: Prayer Partners 12.18.2011 Sunday afternoon, Decmber 11, 2011, 3:30 p.m. Dear Prayer Partners and Friends: What a strange day this has been! I went to Wilmington, Delaware, yesterday morning for a “Breakfast with the Bishop” event on stewardship for the Delmarva Conference (good turn-out, great conversation) and after returning home about noon have been off since. I . . . → Read More: Prayer Partners 12.11.2011 Monday afternoon, December 5, 2011, 1:20 p.m. Dear Prayer Partners and Friends: A bit late this week, I am writing to tell you about my visit to Washington DC last week. ELCA bishops gathered with Episcopalian colleagues for the annual “Bishops’ Advocacy Days” on Capitol Hill, meeting with lawmakers to advance positions that our . . . → Read More: Prayer Partners 12.05.2011 Sunday evening, November 27, 2011, 6:15 p.m. Dear Prayer Partners and Friends: Happy Belated Thanksgiving! I hope you had a restful and peaceful holiday weekend. I certainly did. Margaret, Josef and I drove to Philadelphia on Thursday where we had dinner with old friends at the seminary (John Hoffmeyer, a professor there, and his . . . → Read More: Prayer Partners 11.27.2011 Sunday evening, November 20, 2011, 9 p.m. Dear Prayer Partners and Friends: A few minutes ago, the last guests left after we celebrated our new home with an open house and a service of blessing and thanksgiving. It was a wonderful event that brought together friends, colleagues, and prayer partners and at the same . . . → Read More: Prayer Partners 11.20.2011 |
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