Changing lives by sharing the love and life of Jesus Christ
Many years ago I read a small book titled “Margin”. Written by an M.D. it had nothing to do with the white spaces around the edges of a sheet of paper. Rather it was about how we live our lives. It obviously moved me, since I still remember it probably 30 years after reading it. …
Earlier this year I wrote about finding ways to interact with children and pointed to Rebecca’s Garden of Hope as a way to do this. And I asked “What can TLC do right now to begin connecting with children?” Well perhaps God has answered this question, and in a big way. While I was writing…
A positive effect of the COVID pandemic is the proliferation of Webinars nowadays. Because of the recommendations for social distancing and avoiding large gatherings I imagine. Zoom, Facebook Live, or any of a dozen other platforms make it possible to sit at home and hear experts discuss any of a vast range of topics from…
Remember this past January when Mark & Megan Mantay visited us to give a first hand account of their work in Uganda? Our mission contributions have been designated for their work in Uganda for a couple of years, and it was great to get a chance to hear first hand what’s being done there. Imagine…
This month’s meeting spent a great deal of time on strategies for further re-opening of worship services. With continuing vaccination efforts, and decreasing numbers of COVID cases in our community we’d like to be able to return to a more normal style of worship; however after much debate we decided that it’s still too early…
Your Leadership Team considered several items during the March meeting; here are some highlights: Over the past couple of years many members have shared ideas about ways to obtain financial support for construction of our new building. At the March meeting the Leadership Team decided to form a team to implement the best of these…
James 1:22-25 may be some of those “uncomfortable” bible verses for you. I confess that it makes me uncomfortable. Every time I read these verses, I get this queasy feeling that I’m not a doer. We Lutherans seem to be more comfortable studying the Word than doing it at times. Being a doer is different…
Paul and other Apostles used the technology of their time to spread the Gospel. True it was only ink on parchment, combined with Roman roads, but it was a lot better than what had been available up to that time, and it was the best available. So did Martin Luther, by translating the Bible into…
I’ve heard numerous comments in TLC that we need to bring children into the church; that the children are the church’s future, or where are the children? Of course we’re not unique in this desire; most LCMS congregations have few if any children today; and our average age of members grows about 1 year for…
Tuesday was the first meeting of the TLC Leadership Team (LT) for 2021. All of the Leadership Team members stand for election each year and we’re all limited to 3 years consecutively. Church Councils are not known for their comradeship, there is often considerable contention evident, trust me if you’ve never been on one, I’ve…