LutheranChik's "L" Word Diary

We were supposed to have company today, but I woke up feeling unwell, and we reluctantly called our friends to reschedule our get-together. ...

Once upon a time I used to be irritated by church slackers. You know, people who show up maybe once a month; who never volunteer for anythin...

This week's RevGalBlogPal Friday Five asks us to share our "firsts": Your first "place" - whether it was an apar...

It's hard to believe that it's been almost three months since we lost the oldest four-legged member of our household, 15-year-old ...

For reasons that for the sake of discretion/valor/working on my passive aggression issues I will decline to go into detail about here, Fel...

Today at Casa Elenas we've been recovering from our annual family vacation up north -- not because it was bad, mind you; it was wonder...

Hey, ELCA citizens of the blogosphere and theological kissing-cousins! I have a favor to ask you, by way of our pastoral intern (have I ment...

Today's Gospel lesson The other day I happened to visit the blog of a certain Reformed-tradition Evangelical author and professor -...

Sunday dinner (or what some of you would call supper) is a big deal at our house; it's a kind of holy Sunday afternoon project for us th...

FT and I had lunch the other day with someone who does children's ministry in our congregation. While  telling us about some of the thin...

This week's RevGalBlogPals Friday Five questions have to do with our relationship to technology:  1. What types of technologies, like...

This week's RevGalBlogPals  Friday Five  question, in honor of the United States' sequestration dilemma and almost inevitable gove...

Today's Gospel lesson Back when I was in my thirties, my parents joined the AARP. I should say, my dad started paying for an annual me...