

Happy Anniversary
One year ago today, July 10, was my first day at St. Stephen’s as your newly called pastor! I am grateful for the ways you have welcomed...


Hope
Sue and I are Phillies fans. She classifies me in the die-hard fan category as I may even replay games on the TV after they have lost. We...


Wildfire
Kevin and I spent most of last week at Holden Village, the Lutheran retreat center in the North Cascade Mountains of Washington State....

Church Together
The 2024 Synod Assembly theme: Todd and I recently attended our Delaware-Maryland Synod Assembly with over 300 of our fellow lay...

Blessed, Broken, Shared
When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. 31Then their eyes were opened, and they...


Do Not Be Ashamed
The Delaware-Maryland Synod will be having it’s annual Synod Assembly in early June. The Assembly is where hundreds of representatives...

Naming God
Last Sunday marked the mid-point of the church calendar as we celebrated Holy Trinity Sunday. Trinity Sunday takes its name from the...


The Zero Mile Post
For the last several years in May, Sue and I have stayed for 5-6 days in a timeshare near Williamsburg, Virginia. This time of year, the...


Pentecost
When the day of Pentecost had come, [the apostles] were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the...


Believing
“Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” John...