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.
The other day, I was having a conversation with a friend. We were wondering when the practice of “Passing The Peace” began at our churches....
Preparing for and indulging in holiday festivities takes up a big chunk of December. Then, with a thud, it's over. January sets in, with the gray days of winter and a return to daily routines. Christmas is a tough act to follow and many of us have a post-holiday letdown....
“There was no room for them in the Inn” (Luke 2:7). Those are frightening words. But you and I must admit that often they are true of us ...
I believe it was back in November 2009, when many Facebook users accepted a gratitude challenge, posting what they were most thankful for every day that month. I accepted the challenge, as did many of my Facebook friends. I remember thinking it was a wonderful idea because it seemed to me that Thanksgiving shouldn’t be just a one-day-a-year event. ...
How can you celebrate the love, joy, peace, forgiveness, mercy, friendship and laughter the Lord brings you every day?...
The heat has for many been oppressive - has it not? Seems we get a day of relief and then WHAM it comes again....
Have you heard the saying: “You might be Lutheran if you carry silverware in your pocket when you go to church just in case there's a potluck.”?...
"Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart." PS119:34...
When someone says the words, "Bible School", I'm immediately transported back maybe 50 years to when I was a girl....
The other day, I was having a conversation with a friend. We were wondering when the practice of “Passing The Peace” began at our churches....
Keep Reading Preparing for and indulging in holiday festivities takes up a big chunk of December. Then, with a thud, it's over. January sets in, with the gray days of winter and a return to daily routines. Christmas is a tough act to follow and many of us have a post-holiday letdown....
Keep Reading “There was no room for them in the Inn” (Luke 2:7). Those are frightening words. But you and I must admit that often they are true of us ...
Keep Reading I believe it was back in November 2009, when many Facebook users accepted a gratitude challenge, posting what they were most thankful for every day that month. I accepted the challenge, as did many of my Facebook friends. I remember thinking it was a wonderful idea because it seemed to me that Thanksgiving shouldn’t be just a one-day-a-year event. ...
Keep Reading How can you celebrate the love, joy, peace, forgiveness, mercy, friendship and laughter the Lord brings you every day?...
Keep Reading The heat has for many been oppressive - has it not? Seems we get a day of relief and then WHAM it comes again....
Keep Reading Have you heard the saying: “You might be Lutheran if you carry silverware in your pocket when you go to church just in case there's a potluck.”?...
Keep Reading "Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart." PS119:34...
Keep Reading When someone says the words, "Bible School", I'm immediately transported back maybe 50 years to when I was a girl....
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