7th Sunday of PentecostJuly 27, 2025Genesis 18.20-32 I have a very odd relationship with our first lesson this morning, because on the one hand it takes me back to just one of the worst days, on the other, there is an element of that worst day that fills me with hope and love, and not that there is a third hand, but on the third hand it also makes me chuckle because in the midst of all those feelings, it was…
6th Sunday after PentecostJuly 20, 2025Luke 10.38-42 There is a long running list amongst my sisters and I of movies I never should have been allowed to watch as a kid, but somehow did. One of my family’s favorite stories is when my cousins came to visit, both of whom were older than me, and Pretty Woman came on the tv at my grandparents’ house and my aunt and uncle made them leave the room. My five year old self was allowed to stay. Why? Because I’d already…
5th Sunday after PentecostJuly 13, 2025Luke 10.25-37 I have to say, in thirteen years of ministry, I have written a lot of sermons about a lot of things, but today…today is a first…and I wholeheartedly blame the Bible study crew, one of them in particular, who shall go unnamed—Misty. So here we are my beloved siblings in Christ, a sermon about the Donner Party. I guarantee none of you except the Tuesday morning bunch saw that coming. So, the year is 1846, and…
Biography: My family moved from New Jersey to Newport News, VA when I was about seven years old, my sister ten, my brother four. That was my dad’s last work-related move, and I’ve been here ever since. We began attending Trinity Lutheran Church shortly thereafter when services were still being held in the downtown Newport News location and joined about a year later. My parents were members until their deaths, my brother and sister until marriage and jobs took them…