With a new year comes the all-too-familiar resolutions. Typically, we begin our plans with excitement and devotion but end up feeling exhausted and overwhelmed when faced with the reality of our lofty goals. The new year creates a sense of pressure that we need to be the best version of ourselves, which requires endless lists of ideas that are supposed to help us embody the popular cliche, “new year, new me.” Of course, aspiration and dedication are essential for improving ou

It is Advent. Christmas is coming soon. The increase of “hustle” and “busy” that we usually find ourselves in during this season is familiar. As Christians, we know that during advent, the busy is paired with the simple, calm, and more quiet celebration of the humble birth of Jesus, who came peacefully into this world with little fanfare. Often, it is said that Christmas is “the most” time of the year. Yes, it can be “the most wonderful time of the year,” as the popular song

“You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.” Psalm 16:11 This summer, I did something that was not typical for me. I went on a spontaneous vacation with my husband, sister-in-law, and her husband.  Don't get me wrong; we have gone on vacation before, and many of them have been with my sister-in-law and her husband.  We have many great memories together, but it is the spontaneous  part that made it different.  I am very much a planner. I

It’s hard to escape the influence of the popular summer hit “Golden” from K-Pop Demon Hunters. What can the story of this movie teach us...

September Scramble.  My best friend coined this term years ago as we started a new school year. EVERYTHING seems to ramp back up in...

August as an educator can feel relentlessly busy. There’s no easing into the start of the new academic year; it’s a sprint that begins at...

“So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” Genesis 1:27 has...

As the teaching portion of my job winds down during finals week, the missions portion is gearing up for a summer full of trips. This...

“Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the...

"For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ."  — 1 Corinthians 3:11 "Trust in the Lord forever,...

“To grant to those who mourn in Zion- to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the...

The joyous celebration of Christmas is in our back window and the winter “blahs” have most likely set in. The days can be a little colder...

We tend to apply pressure on ourselves at the start of every new year without knowing at the time this is what may indirectly be...

Christmas is a story of incomparable beauty. Its message is told and retold again and again, handed down from generation to generation,...

As we progress further into the school year, and as faculty, staff, administrators, parents and students alike start to settle in, we...

1“And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of...

In God I trust. I am not afraid. There are moments, days, weeks that just don't go the way we want them to. Storms rage and it can seem...

As I begin to get ready this summer for year 40 in ministry in the LCMS, it’s a good time to reflect on how powerful Lutheran School...

Genesis 3:17-19: “To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must...

Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and...