Everyday Lutherans

Today is All Saints Sunday, we can enter into this place and feel a little letdown.  We are reminded of the moments and time that we shared with friends, families and loved ones.  People who meant so much to us on this journey of life and faith together. We have many of the same feelings that we did on the day of the funeral.  We come back here to a feeling of loss but also today, we celebrate the moments that they brought us to laughter, the lessons that they gave to us that we still live out, and truly are reminded more fully of how we still honor them even today.   There is an ancient song that says, “You don’t know what you got, till it’s gone…” Oh, that feeling of longing rings more true as we reflect and long for that person to be back in our lives.  How we could share one more hug, one more meal, one more day of joy in their presence. However, we do not remain in despair. Our loved ones would not want us to remain in mourning or loss, they wou...

All Saints Sunday is coming up this week.  People around the world are stopping to honor the Saints who have gone before us.  It is on this Sunday that the church has set apart to be reminded that the church is made up of the people throughout time.  It is a reminder that each and every one of our journey of life and faith has an impact on others not only in our life but for generations to come.  However, in that same moment, if we do not learn and grow into that faith, it can only take one generation to fall away from the church.   For each and every one of us, we have someone in your life tell you that faith was important.  Perhaps that person sat down with you over the course of years to remind you over and over again, the meaning of God in your life, the depth of God’s love, and the unending grace that comes from God.  Or perhaps you merely had someone who gave you the line, “You are going!” Whatever the situation you have had, I want you...