All SaintsNovember 3, 2024Isaiah 25.6-9Revelation 22.1-6aJohn 11.32-44 One of the things that I love so much about my grandma is that she is entirely technology adverse. It’s not that doesn’t like it, she doesn’t have any sort of aggressive feelings about it, but she just doesn’t see the point. Now, of course, this has caused a smidgen of angst amongst all of us because this means my grandma doesn’t have a cell phone, which means if she falls when she’s…
Reformation SundayOctober 27, 2024Jeremiah 31.31-34, Romans 3.19-28 Last Monday before I left for work, my mom asked me what I wanted her to tackle in the wide world of unpacking. I told her the thing that would be most helpful would be for her to unload the zillions of kitchen boxes that were strewn across my apartment. I said if she could just get my pots and pans and dishes put away that would be an immense help. She then…
22nd Sunday after PentecostOctober 20, 2024Mark 10.35-45 We’re going to play a little bit of a guessing game this morning. I’mgoing to give you some facts and you have to see if you can come up withwho you think I’m talking about. When you think you know it just raiseyour hand; I want to see how long it takes the majority of us to figure thisout. So here we go. She was born January 19, 1946. She has beennominated for…
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…