Harvest

Harvest

Growing up on a farm, harvest meant two things for me. One, I wasn’t going to see a lot of my Dad and Grandpa for a number of weeks, and two, we would see how we fared for the year. Harvest is often hard, unseen work that sees no payoffs until the grain is sold....
Plant

Plant

When I think of the word plant I think of growth. Growth is an important attribute to have because it helps us become better people and once we have grown we are able to spread our seeds and help others. But do not let the seed become unimportant for we have to be...
Water

Water

Water.  Jesus proclaims in John 4:14 “whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” To never thirst again.  That is powerful. And...
Dirt

Dirt

Throughout the Bible, God consistently calls those who society has cast away. God looks beyond the dirt and dust from which we were taken and molds us into agents of God’s love and grace. The first person to see and name God in the Bible is Hagar. She was a runaway...
Lent 2020: Everything is Sacred

Lent 2020: Everything is Sacred

We are thrilled to share these Lenten reflections with you, centered on the theme, Everything is Sacred. As students gather each day at Lutheran Campus Ministry for our Taste of Grace community lunch, I am reminded again and again that God meets us in the mundane: in...