It's time for summer breaks and rest!  This will probably be the last "ps from ps" that I write until the fall.  I usually take a couple months break over the summer due to travel and...

"Don't pass it up, pick it up."Pastor Jeremiah will be sharing this phrase in his sermon this coming weekend.  He heard it first at Lake Chautauqua Lutheran Center (LCLC) as a mantra to remind...

St. Paul's Lutheran Church is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.  That's a group of about 3.something million Christians around the country.  Like most other church...

What's your statement?  Your mission statement you might say.  With all that is going on in our culture right now, what statement does God need you to make?It's a fairly profound question...

Good morning! My coach reminded me this morning that today I could live into being great. He didn't say perfect. He didn't say mistake free. He said great. Better than good. Using all the talents....

And boom!  Summer finally arrived in WNY.  The Pause is slowly un-Pausing.  And it seems like we are at the beginning baby steps of the "new normal."  (Some of the "old normal"...

How do you battle Coronavirus?  Some people choose to dance!Robin Bishop, missionary at St. Paul's, is the founder of Dancability in Buffalo, an individualized dance, fitness and movement...

"We don't know where you're going?  How can we know the way?"Ever asked that question before?  This week?  On a trip?Did you ask it because you weren't listening?  You were...

"I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly." - JesusHow's life?  Feeling abundant?  Cramped?  Free?  Worn?  New?  Exciting?  Bored?  Or maybe it...

Our stories are important.  The good ones, bad ones, joyful ones and those drenched in pain.  They are all important.One of my favorite stories in the entire Bible (which is a very sizable...

Poor Thomas!  He picked up the name Doubting Thomas because he's the one who was busted saying, "Unless I see the marks of the nails and feel his side, I will not believe." And in an instant,...

What does community look like right now? What does connection look like right now? I try to imagine Jesus running Zoom sessions or putting his Sermon on the Mount over Facebook. I'm thinking our...