The Faces of Grief
A few days ago (Saturday, July 2nd) was the anniversary of my father’s death. And I must confess that with the busy-ness of my life this past week, I…
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Laramie, WY — Rocky Mountain Synod — Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
A few days ago (Saturday, July 2nd) was the anniversary of my father’s death. And I must confess that with the busy-ness of my life this past week, I…
In college I took Modern Jewish Thought, a course covering the last few hundred years of Jewish theology in one semester. It required a hectic pace and a lot of…
Last week, Sally and I celebrated our 44th wedding anniversary. What was going to be a fancy Italian/French dinner for the two of us at Bella’s in Saratoga ended up…
Psalm 27 begins with these confident words of trust: “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?” The psalmist continues in this vein for a good while…
“Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness’…So God created man in his own image; male and female he created them.” Genesis 1:26-27 Consumption is a…
As a young boy attending worship, I sat on the front pew next to my Aunt Frances, who played the organ and piano at the small Baptist church. The pastor…
In my 38 year teaching career, I taught Soil Mechanics I about 60 times. I remember spending an immense amount of time developing my first set of notes, but the…
The concept of time has always fascinated me. From early elementary short stories I wrote in Detroit to high school “space” poetry I created in the rural countryside of Southern…
Today Pr. Ralph Rohr was scheduled to be our guest blog writer. So, we thought it a fitting tribute to Ralph’s life and legacy to reprint this post he offered…
Rachel’s text message arrived between services in Cheyenne where I was serving as a substitute preacher: “Judy Rohr called at 7:30. Ralph Rohr died suddenly this morning!” Then, moments later,…