Today has been full of such incredibly beautiful weather, and I've been looking for any excuse to leave the office and soak up the sun and its warmth - a cup of coffee from down the block, a trip to the corner for batteries to stop the smoke detector from chirping... On one of my … Continue reading Message: Seed that in Earth is Dying… →

The parable of the Prodigal Son is one of the best known and best loved Bible stories. The ELCA's 2009 churchwide assembly included an installation of an extensive collection of works of art inspired by the story of the parable of the prodigal son that are the subject of a book by Lutheran church musician … Continue reading Message: Pig Headed… →

Delivered at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco, CA on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at “Rivers in the Desert” – the gala celebration of the 20th anniversary of the first extraordinary ordinations of openly LGBT persons in the Lutheran church in 1990.   “Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. … Continue reading Message: Where the Wild Things Are… →