Post New Year’s Resolution

Blessings and peace to you in the season of Epiphany and in the New Year! I hope and pray this new year of life and ministry is off to a good start. Beginning a...

Sierra Pacific Synod Lutherans walk with Lutherans in El Salvador, Rwanda and Taiwan!

Lutheran churches of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) have companion synod relationships with more than 140 Lutheran churches around the world. These relationships are rooted in “accompaniment,” which promotes the values of...

Just This. Just Now.

Different, Yet the Same

This past weekend, I had the occasion to visit two different congregations in two different parts of our synod marking two different kinds of occasions. In some ways, they were two very different kinds...

PLTS at 2000 Center Street

We’ve had many inquiries at PLTS about how we are doing in our new facility at 2000 Center St. in downtown Berkeley.  Here’s what I can say: Our footprint is much smaller (though big...

Happy Thanksliving

“Now thank we all our God with hearts and hands and voices, Who wondrous things has done, in whom this world rejoices; Who, from our mother’s arm, has blest us on our way With...

None Of Us Can Do This Alone

Last week I attended an event where the deacons and pastors in their first three years of ministry, from the five synods in ELCA Region 2 (Sierra Pacific, Southwest CA, Pacifica, Grand Canyon, and...

A Mighty Fortress Sometimes Cracks

As Lutherans celebrate with gusto the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, we have much to thank God for. The theological reflections on faith that moves from an individualistic effort of salvation and works, to...

Lutheran Social Services of Northern California

October 31st marked the 500th anniversary of the reformation, out of which the Lutheran social ministry grew. Today, there are more than 300 Lutheran social service organizations across the country, touching the lives of...

Have You Heard?

Have you heard?  On October 31st, Lutheran Christianity will turn 500!  I just thought there might be one or two people in our synod who hadn’t heard this yet, and wanted to be sure...