Dear St. Lukers, Recently I was sitting at home at war with myself. I had taken up the great struggle of humanity that falls upon us every year around this time. The looming question that has haunted us since time...
Dear St. Lukers, Love wins in Hope, Faith, and this week we concentrate on how love wins in our Gratitude. It has been proven that the intentional practice of daily gratitude changes our brain chemistry, our emotional stability, and our...
Dear St. Lukers, It has been and still is a roller coaster week in our nation as was expected with an election in the midst of a pandemic. While there may not be clarity on ballots or final counts, what...
Dear St. Lukers, A few months ago as the clergy were planning worship for the rest of 2020, we made some decisions. First, we decided we needed this year to end as soon as possible – which, lucky for us...
Dear St. Lukers, If you haven’t yet watched worship from this past Sunday, I invite you to do so. It was a beautiful service and Pastor Melissa and Ms. Lana, our Director of Children’s Ministries, pushed us to receive the...
Dear St. Lukers, Last week it was good to have close to 100 people back in the Sanctuary for worship together. We have raised the number of registrations for this week and look forward to seeing more faces with us....
Dear Purple People, Love Matters More has been trending on my feed, full of you as St. Lukers changing your “Memoji’s” to be people with purple hair and claiming yourselves as purple people. I want to say I was in...
Dear St. Lukers, Your pastors and staff are hard at work preparing to welcome you back to on-campus worship (with limited capacity to help with social distancing) next Sunday, October 11. It’s fitting that this month is Pastor Appreciation Month...
Dear St. Lukers (Purple People for whom “Kin-dom” Love matters more), The pressure of the culture and current events is making our work harder and harder but Jesus knew what he was talking about. He knew that Kin-dom living, family...
Dear St. Lukers, I hope you have been learning and growing as we have sought to be Purple People for whom Love Matters More! I’ve actually seen many of you taking to social media and in divisive moments calling for...
Dear St. Lukers, Accountability. A word not often liked when paired with faith, and yet something John Wesley thought to be a foundation for building authentic community, and spiritual formation of holiness as a part of Methodism. After all, Wesley...
Dear St. Lukers, We are so excited to share some great news! The rolling average for percentage of positive cases in Orange County has been in the single digits for three weeks and has been at 5% for one week....
