I am preaching this weekend at Woodlake Lutheran Church in Richfield, Minnesota. The following is a draft of sermon I will not be giving, based on the focus text of Psalm 27:1-6 and an accompanying gospel reading of Matthew 6:25-34, the readings assigned for this weekend by the Narrative Lectionary. What follows was going to be the majority of my sermon this weekend as of … Continue reading Climbing in Trust & Facing Change
Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, the presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, released the following statement and letter yesterday: It has been a long season of disquiet in our country. From Ferguson to Baltimore, simmering racial tensions have boiled over into violence. But this … the fatal shooting of nine African Americans in a church is a stark, raw manifestation of the sin … Continue reading Repentance, Mourning and Work to be Done
Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share some of what I have found thought provoking and engaging over the past week with all of you. To help make sense of all these stories, articles and links I have grouped them by the following categories: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & … Continue reading This Week’s Links
Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share some of what I have found interesting and thought provoking over the past week with you. To make sense of all of these links I have grouped them by the following categories: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Stewardship; Vocation and Miscellaneous. … Continue reading This Week’s Links
For about the past five years, my wife Allison and I have called the Twin Cities “home.” Our first home together as a married couple was our seminary apartment. Our second, has been our post-seminary apartment. A funny thing happened in the past year though, our post-seminary apartment became Allison’s in-seminary apartment. While I had discerned a calling to a more formalized ministry role in … Continue reading Rivers, Mountains, Churches and Change on the Horizon
The following is a message that I gave in the Matins (Morning Prayer) worship service at Woodlake Lutheran Church in Richfield, Minnesota on Wednesday June 3, 2015. It is based on Psalm 27:1-6 and Luke 21:1-4. The Dentist’s Office, a Generous Widow and a Faithful Congregation: Psalm 27 inspired reflections on trust The other day I was on my back watching and feeling as my … Continue reading The Dentist’s Office, a Generous Widow and a Faithful Congregation
Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share some of what I have found interesting and thought provoking over the past week with all of you from around the internet. To make sense of all of these links I have grouped them by the following categories: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media … Continue reading This Week’s Links
If you follow this blog with any regularity, you know that I occasionally share thoughts, ideas and questions about stewardship. Today I am sharing about an in-progress idea with all of you. I am currently serving a congregation as its Intentional Interim Director of Worship, Music and Stewardship. This is basically a nice way of saying that I am doing a lot of work cultivating … Continue reading Taking a Congregation’s Stewardship Temperature
Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share some of what I have found thought provoking and worth a read over the past week with all of you. To help make sense of all these links, I have grouped them into the following categories: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; … Continue reading This Week’s Links
I recently re-read the first social statement of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), “The Church In Society: A Lutheran Perspective,” adopted at the Churchwide Assembly in 1991. This statement laid the groundwork for the importance of such social statements and all the statements that have since been written. They have helped ground the conversation about the identity of the church (and this particular … Continue reading Openness to Imagination and the Church
Timothy Siburg 