I was asked on Monday evening if it would be possible to do a baptism this week. Answer: Yes! We’ll figure it out.
So, our already unique Maundy Thursday worship service got to include baptizing a nine-year-old!
I’m aware that culture has changed and bowling alleys are in a tough business. People don’t join bowling leagues like they did decades ago, etc. But is it too much to ask for any of the three bowling alleys within a 15 minute drive to have a functional website with a calendar?
The headline version of this story is far more interesting than the actual story. One letter makes a difference! @usatoday.com #typos
Family outing this afternoon for Jonah’s and Micah’s first time seeing a movie on the big screen! The Pout-Pout Fish is a great children’s board book. The movie? Well, today’s a good day to learn the life lesson that the book’s nearly always better than the movie.
After months of watching Frasier with my wife, tonight’s season 10 episode is the first time I’ve identified a caller’s voice. Hey, that’s @bradleywhitford.bsky.social!
I’ve been using my new M5 MacBook Pro for three days so far, and it feels incredibly snappy. Everything is faster! But I’m surprised at how much I actually miss the Touch Bar from my 2019 Intel MBP. Didn’t realize I used it much at all, but I keep reaching for it.
A nice write up from the ELEA (ELCA childcare centers and schools organization) about Here We Grow, the childcare ministry of one of the churches I serve as pastor: elcaschools.org/spotlight-on...
INBOX: Another federal judge has issued an order (mostly) blocking DHS from raiding churches for now.
The injunction applies to most of the plaintiffs, which include five ELCA Lutheran synods, two Baptist organizations, and Metropolitan Community Churches. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
“The officers told nurses Castañeda Mondragón ‘purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall,’ an account his caregivers immediately doubted.”
Evil.
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”
-Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Love is not the reward for getting faith right; love is the point.
-Joseph Yoo #ext26
It’s nice being able to see the numbers, but the players constantly turning semi-transparent is distracting. #nfl
Recorded six months ago, but still very relevant for this weekend, I think.
Six months ago, I wrote and filmed a video devotion for this week’s entry in a devotional book for ELCA Lutheran schools. This year’s theme is “Brave.” Check it out: youtu.be/-7MDMUfghUI?...
And here’s the whole free book of weekly devotions if you’re interested: elcaschools.org/2025-26-brav...
Wall Street Journal has a pretty clear headline and helpful video analysis: “Videos Contradict U.S. Account of Minneapolis Shooting by Federal Agents”
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Okay sorry one more shot:
“Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Here’s my sermon from Sunday on Paul’s reminder that even in challenging times, we are not lacking in any gift, because God gives us the strength we need to love our neighbors. #lutheran
pod.link/1669098407/e...
Dear TikTok, it’s a video of a spacewalk. Is it really necessary to add a warning? “The actions in this video are performed or supervised by professionals. Do not attempt.”
If I’m going to believe Jesus loves me, how can I not believe Jesus also loves “them” too, whoever “they” might be? I’m no more deserving than anyone else, so if grace is for me, it must be for them too!
#Lutheran
I recently saw someone suggest you can tell the difference between Christians who grew up singing “Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world” and those who grew up singing “Jesus Loves Me.” But…🧵
Lutheran Bishops of churches in the United States, Canada and Denmark Issue a Joint Statement Expressing Support for the People of Greenland
www.elca.org/news-and-eve...
Here’s the audio version of the Epiphany sermon I ended up preaching on peace and Venezuela. In my relatively liberal ELCA congregations, I had several people thank me for it and one express concern it was too political. pod.link/1669098407/e...
When he tells you that he's going to do something, when he's go- -- tells you he's going to address a problem, he means it.” That was yesterday. Now a day later he complains we’re fixated on what the President said?
Perhaps the “fixation” is because the President said multiple times, “We're going to run the country” and as Secretary of State Rubio himself said, “The 47th President of the United States is not a game player.
Well, I suppose as Packers preseason games go, this one wasn’t terrible.
You shall not steal. #10Commandments
Source: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/o...
