Verse of the Day 5/24/2013

Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. — Romans 15:2

PRAYER PARTNERS 05.19.2013

Sunday evening, May 19, 2013, 6:55 p.m.

Dear Prayer Partners and Friends:

Happy Pentecost! My visit with you tonight is going to be short because I am tired after a long day on the road and three sermons in three different places. But it is a good kind of tired, and I give thanks . . . → Read More: PRAYER PARTNERS 05.19.2013

PRAYER PARTNERS 05.12.2013

Sunday evening, May 12, 2013, 8:30 p.m.

Dear Prayer Partners and Friends:

Happy Mothers’ Day! I hope all of you had a day of rest and reflection as we honor our mothers. My mom, 86 this year and living in Germany, is struggling with a number of health issues right now. Apparently, she fell . . . → Read More: PRAYER PARTNERS 05.12.2013

PRAYER PARTNERS 04.28.2013

Sunday afternoon, April 28, 2013, 5:30 p.m.

Dear Prayer Partners and Friends:

Well, the bags are packed! At 7 a.m. tomorrow morning, I will get on a bus to Newark, NJ, and from there on an airplane to Tel Aviv. I am one of about 20 faith leaders who are undertaking a 10-day study . . . → Read More: PRAYER PARTNERS 04.28.2013

PRAYER PARTNERS 04.21.2013

Sunday evening, April 21, 2013, 9 p.m.

Dear Prayer Partners and Friends:

Hello from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg! The bishops of Region 8 are here tonight and tomorrow for their annual seminary visit. One highlight will be a sneak preview of the brand new Seminary Ridge Museum (located in the old dorm, . . . → Read More: PRAYER PARTNERS 04.21.2013

PRAYER PARTNERS 04.07.2013

Sunday evening, April 7, 2013, 8:25 p.m.

Dear Prayer Partners and Friends:

Welcome to this week’s prayer partners blog! I just returned from Philadelphia after a full day of worship and sightseeing … yes, I know, an odd combination. But you see, I finally had a chance this morning to attend worship at the . . . → Read More: PRAYER PARTNERS 04.07.2013

PRAYER PARTNERS 03.31.2013

Sunday afternoon, March 31, 2013, 2:05 p.m.

Dear Prayer Partners and Friends:

At the crack of dawn on Sunday, the women came to the tomb carrying the burial spices they had prepared. They found the entrance stone rolled back from the tomb, so they walked in. But once inside, they couldn’t find the body . . . → Read More: PRAYER PARTNERS 03.31.2013

PRAYER PARTNERS 03.24.2013

Sunday evening, March 24, 2013, 5:55 p.m.

Dear Prayer Partners and Friends:

Happy Palm Sunday! I started my Holy Week this morning at Glen Lutheran Church in Glen Burnie amidst a gathered community of believers that could not have been more hospitable or more excited about hearing the Good News of Jesus! Once again . . . → Read More: PRAYER PARTNERS 03.24.2013

PRAYER PARTNERS 03.17.2013

Sunday evening, March 17, 2013, 6:35 p.m.

Dear Prayer Partners and Friends:

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you! As I sit at my desk at home, the wonderfully hunger-inducing aromas of corned beef, cabbage and boiled potatoes permeate the house. It is a rare Sunday afternoon and evening with the family for me, having . . . → Read More: PRAYER PARTNERS 03.17.2013

PRAYER PARTNERS 03.10.2013

Sunday evening, March 10, 2013, 6:35 p.m.

Dear Prayer Partners and Friends:

What a blessing I received today! I was visiting and preaching at Christ Lutheran Church, Edmondson Ave., Baltimore, this morning. This congregation, shrinking and discouraged and not connected to its neighborhood just three years ago, has been in an intentional redevelopment under . . . → Read More: PRAYER PARTNERS 03.10.2013

PRAYER PARTNERS 03.03.2013

Sunday evening, March 3, 2013, 10:30 p.m.

Dear Prayer Partners and Friends:

Just a quick note tonight because it is getting late and I need to catch a 6 a.m. flight back to Chicago. The ELCA Conference of Bishops is meeting there this week. I was there Thursday and Friday but came back yesterday . . . → Read More: PRAYER PARTNERS 03.03.2013