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Holy Week 2024
I am so grateful for all the congregations and ministries in the Northwest Intermountain Synod who planned and hosted worship services this Holy Week for members and guests. Happy Easter! Wishing worship leaders some good Easter afternoon naps. I started … Continue reading
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Holy Trinity Lutheran & St. Paul Lutheran
Last fall I received an email from Gary Bracht, council president of Holy Trinity Lutheran in Ephrata, inviting me out to Holy Trinity and St. Paul Quincy this March. The weekend finally arrived! I drove over yesterday and had dinner … Continue reading
March 16, 2024
With thanks to Spokane Westward Cluster Dean Pastor Carol Yeager for starting to connect the Rule of Benedict and Life Together for me and to Treasure Valley Cluster Co-Dean Pastor Lucas Shurson for asking the question about obedience, all during … Continue reading
Deans’ Retreat
Our synod has a tradition of gathering the cluster deans twice in person each year–an extra night wherever we have Bishop’s Fall Convocation and a two-night retreat during Lent. We just had our spring retreat at the Monastery of St. … Continue reading
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Sunday in Tsceminicum
Yesterday Pastors Liv, Phil, and I were all in congregations in the Tsceminicum Cluster. Tsceminicum means meeting of the waters, specifically the Clearwater River and Snake River. I worshiped with the people of Ascension Lutheran in Orofino, Pastor Liv was … Continue reading
CoB February 2024
Last Monday I flew from Wenatchee through Seattle to Chicago for the spring Conference of Bishops meeting. It is an honor and privilege to represent the Northwest Intermountain Synod in conversations happening across the church. The bishops from the synods … Continue reading
Before Scheduled Execution-Letter from ELCA Lutherans to Idaho’s Governor
Context: In 2023, Idaho approved a law that made a firing squad the state’s backup method of execution when lethal injection drugs are unavailable. Resolution passed at April 2023 Northwest Intermountain Synod-ELCA Assembly: Condemn the use of the firing squad … Continue reading
Across Eastern Washington
Last Monday I was settling in for a week with staff and catching up with new and old colleagues around Spokane. There was snow on the ground early in the week but it gradually melted and so I worked in … Continue reading
Midweek Lent – First Article
St Luke, Spokane, Feb. 21, 2024 First Article of the Apostle’s Creed For our synod staff devotions this year, we have been exploring Martin Luther’s Small Catechism, using a book I had long owned but never read, Praying the Catechism. A … Continue reading
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Lent 1 – Feb. 18
Trinity, Pullman – Feb. 18, 2024 Mark 10:17-31 (Narrative Lectionary) 17As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”18Jesus said … Continue reading
A Place at the Table 