Holy Shepherd Lutheran Church

09/04/2026

Holy Shepherd Weekly - Week of September 6 -

I can relate to John the Baptist who seems to want quicker results from Jesus in our reading this week, "ARE you the one to come or shall we look for another?” Jesus responds, “Look around you!” His work of bringing wellness and provision is not nothing. That is, when things are very much out ...

09/03/2026

08/28/2026

Holy Shepherd Weekly - Week of August 30-

Holy Shepherd’s Ministry Fair theme this year was “Show and Tell.” It was a chance to show off all the different things that we love to do as followers of Jesus. It was also a chance to learn more about each other. While we humans have much in common, I can’t help but think how entirely uniq...

08/21/2026

Holy Shepherd Weekly - Week of August 23-

Last week we had a psalm of lament. This Sunday we have a psalm of trust. This psalm is less raw, with less vivid imagery of sinking, and drowning, and being swept away. Yet, if I am honest, I find it easier to lament than to trust. Especially when the trusting involves God. Trusting others, trustin...

08/14/2026

Holy Shepherd Weekly - Week of August 16 -

The psalm this Sunday is one of the lament psalms with vivid descriptions of flood waters rising, being swept away, feeling stuck in the mire and overwhelmed by deep sorrow, shame, and sadness. My guess is that reading this description of the psalm - even without reading the actual psalm - evoked so...

08/07/2026

Holy Shepherd Weekly - Week of August 9 -

As we delve into some of the biblical psalms, I keep thinking about those three words that I honestly don’t really like, but that keep showing up as God’s idea of problematic human behavior in need of a deeper look. While the “favorite” sins keep popping up in our culture, these seem to be o...

07/31/2026

Holy Shepherd Weekly - Week of August 2 -

I am energized by- and grateful for- your embodied way of taking the gospel seriously through your spirit of welcoming and generosity here at Holy Shepherd. In this season of the church’s life where there is an abundance of people, ministry and resources, we as pastors feel it is important to put ...

07/24/2026

Holy Shepherd Weekly - Week of July 26-

We began this Season of Creation with the reading from Genesis, where we read that from the vast expanse of space and time, God created the world as we know it - sun and moon and stars, land forms and waters, animals, trees and flowers. Here at the end of this season we consider the ‘Small Things....

07/23/2026

Spam Emails -

We have been getting spam emails in the office, showing they are from “Pastor Julie”, asking for a PDF of the church directory.

05/15/2026

Holy Shepherd Weekly - Week of May 17 -

Our daily trust is in someone who “emptied himself” and took the form of a servant. As we find our inspiration and model our lives on Jesus, it give us a shape to our own hearts, minds and actions. I’m reminded that this doesn’t mean we somehow don’t have a self, but rather that the selves...