St. Luke Lutheran Church April 21, 2024 Enews Prayer: Beyond the Basics Few questions can make churchgoers squirm more than “How’s your prayer life?”  The question can be ambiguous.  Is the question asking how diligently you pray, or is the questioner asking how effective are your prayers? If the question asks about our diligence, do…

St. Luke Lutheran Church April 14, 2024 Enews From Broken to Blessed The sermon last Sunday focused on the distinction between guilt and shame.  Our culture concentrates on a person’s guilt to the point of neglecting the impact of shame on our outlook on life.  Guilt is an objective state of our relationship to God’s…

St. Luke Lutheran Church April 7, 2024 Enews Recovery or Rescue Operation? Have you noticed that there is a subtle terminology shift in describing the response to a disaster?  The initial urgent efforts to save the injured are referred to as a “rescue operation.”  In contrast, the long, slow, careful process of locating and removing…