by Administrator | Nov 14, 2022 | Reflections
“No one person has all the knowledge or the complete skill set to manage the complexity and the relentlessness of a crisis.” – from The Prepared Leader p. 54 I try to read and listen to a variety of topics. I’m a big fan of Brené Brown and her podcasts on...
by Administrator | Oct 10, 2022 | Reflections
(So) breathe oh breath of God. Now breathe oh breath of God. Breathe oh breath of God, now breathe. —from Come Alive (Dry Bones) It’s not unusual for a song to get stuck in my head. I’m in the final moments of preparation to take a group to Holden Village. So I’m...
by Administrator | Sep 8, 2022 | Reflections
The Lord will watch over your going out and your coming in, from this time forth forevermore. —Psalm 121:8 Psalm 121 is probably my favorite Psalm. But verse 8 has a special meaning these days. At the beginning of August, Isaac moved out of our house and into an...
by Administrator | Jul 21, 2022 | Reflections
Recently I finished reading a gem of a book by Shauna Niequist titled I Guess I haven’t Learned That Yet. Being a fan of her work, I’m convinced that if I lived in her Manhattan apartment building we would be friends. Both of us are enneagram 7s (the Enneagram...
by Administrator | Jun 17, 2022 | Reflections
I started to write something for the Evangel, and then a second mass shooting happened in two weeks. This time almost every casualty was an elementary school-aged child. I immediately thought of my elementary schooled age great-nephews and checked in with my nieces. I...
by Administrator | Jun 15, 2022 | Reflections
“I was there to hear your borning cry, I’ll be there when you are old. I rejoiced the day you were baptized to see your life unfold.”—ELW 732 First, I have to admit that the above hymn is not my favorite. When the choir director at my little home church in Conover, WI...
