A Guest Message from Bishop Mauney

Dear Friends in Christ, “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all” (Ephesians 4:4-6). The words and...

A Message on Prayer

Dear Friends in Christ, “I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers” (Ephesians 1:16). In almost all of St. Paul’s New Testament letters, he begins with a standard Salutation and then launches into a Prayerful Doxology or a...

It’s been a Week of Darkness

August 14, 2017 Dear Friends in Christ, “For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light-for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true. Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no...

Equip the Saints

Dear Friends in Christ, “To equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ” (Ephesians 4:12). I was talking with a guy this past week about his craft: he designs and builds wooden chess sets. Each wooden chess board is...

Do Not Cease to Give Thanks

Dear Friends in Christ, “I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers” (Ephesians 1:16). Last Saturday, we celebrated the ordination of Mary Ann Harris Siefke at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Blackberry Corners. It was a joyous and...