Thoughts, reflections and opinions from the Staff of St. Paul's Lutheran Church
St. Paul's Staff Blog is a monthly (or more often) blog with posts shared by the staff of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Maumee, Ohio.
Have you ever found a penny? I think most of us have. Do you consider pennies “lucky”? Do you stop, pick them up and keep them? More and more often, I think people are walking on by them thinking they aren’t worth much at all. After hearing the following story, I think pennies are more than “lucky”. ...
“Sometimes I just look up, smile, and say, ‘I know that was you, God. Thanks!’”...
Last spring, life changed as we became familiar with terms such as social distancing, flattening the curve and self-quarantining. We could hardly believe the closed schools, businesses and especially churches ...
A true-life story that illustrates the love of Jesus for me and I hope it will do the same for you....
Every year, as soon as it would be nice enough outside to open our windows, Mom would, all of a sudden, decide that it was time for Spring cleaning. This yearly event that took a week or more was one I looked forward to. The whole house was Spring-cleaned, one room at a time. ...
Valentine’s Day is a day that can hold many expectations. But hope doesn’t always match reality, does it? Maybe when February 14th arrives, there are no flowers, candy, card or romantic meal. Instead, it’s a day like any other. Maybe you know someone who even boycotts this holiday....
Do you stress about finding just the right gift for everyone on your Christmas list? Does it make the season more a hassle than a joy?...
Each Thanksgiving, my family and I have a tradition of reading aloud the Presidential proclamation for the first annual Day of Thanksgiving....
I came across this true-life story the other day and it touched my heart as a powerful combination of “love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22.39) and “whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them” (Matthew 7.12). I hope you enjoy it and find meaning in it as I did....
Have you ever found a penny? I think most of us have. Do you consider pennies “lucky”? Do you stop, pick them up and keep them? More and more often, I think people are walking on by them thinking they aren’t worth much at all. After hearing the following story, I think pennies are more than “lucky”. ...
Keep Reading Last spring, life changed as we became familiar with terms such as social distancing, flattening the curve and self-quarantining. We could hardly believe the closed schools, businesses and especially churches ...
Keep Reading A true-life story that illustrates the love of Jesus for me and I hope it will do the same for you....
Keep Reading Every year, as soon as it would be nice enough outside to open our windows, Mom would, all of a sudden, decide that it was time for Spring cleaning. This yearly event that took a week or more was one I looked forward to. The whole house was Spring-cleaned, one room at a time. ...
Keep Reading Valentine’s Day is a day that can hold many expectations. But hope doesn’t always match reality, does it? Maybe when February 14th arrives, there are no flowers, candy, card or romantic meal. Instead, it’s a day like any other. Maybe you know someone who even boycotts this holiday....
Keep Reading Do you stress about finding just the right gift for everyone on your Christmas list? Does it make the season more a hassle than a joy?...
Keep Reading Each Thanksgiving, my family and I have a tradition of reading aloud the Presidential proclamation for the first annual Day of Thanksgiving....
Keep Reading I came across this true-life story the other day and it touched my heart as a powerful combination of “love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22.39) and “whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them” (Matthew 7.12). I hope you enjoy it and find meaning in it as I did....
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