19th Sunday after PentecostOctober 19, 2025Luke 18.1-8 I will be the first to admit that my nephew’s have me entirely figured out. They know that I am the weak link when it comes to decision making and making them happy. I cannot handle when they don’t get something that they want, and I guess that makes me a good aunt, right? Because I’m the one that will just say yes, regardless of circumstances or situation. Sebastian is a big one for wanting you to watch him do…
18th Sunday after PentecostOctober 12, 2025Luke 17.11-19 For the second time in three years, I have come home from Costa Rica having left part of my heart with a little guy of no more than four or five years old. The first time, it was Mateo, a five year old heartbreaker who spent tons of time with me showing me his gold chain and playing with my necklace, only to go back to his mom and wink at me. Give it ten years or so…
Good morning and joyful greetings, my beautiful siblings in Christ! What a wonderful day to be out in God’s Creation worshipping together and relishing our shared community in Jesus Christ! Let us rejoice and be glad in it! Today is… abnormal. We’re outside, yes, but today is a particularly special day for all of us gathered here and myself specifically—It is a day of spiritual renewal. Long story short, I approached Pastor Tina a few months ago and asked to…
Biography: My family moved from New Jersey to Newport News, VA when I was about seven years old, my sister ten, my brother four. That was my dad’s last work-related move, and I’ve been here ever since. We began attending Trinity Lutheran Church shortly thereafter when services were still being held in the downtown Newport News location and joined about a year later. My parents were members until their deaths, my brother and sister until marriage and jobs took them…