It was a joy to be with First Evangelical Lutheran Church in North Platte, Nebraska on Sunday October 19, 2025. Thank you to Pastor Patrick Sipes for the invitation and to the whole congregation for the warm welcome. In being with the congregation I was invited to join an hour long forum conversation before worship with a Fellowship Hall full of people with great stories … Continue reading Prayer, Persistence, Presence, and Promise- four “p’s” of stewardship- a stewardship sermon for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost