Pastor’s blog – Easter 2025

Water bottles and Easter The other day I was playing some disc golf, and when I returned to my truck I was very thirsty.  After digging through my important junk on the backseat floorboard, I finally found a water bottle.  The problem was, I didn’t know how long that...

Pastor’s blog – September 2024

Faith Formation at Home In our two-year Confirmation curriculum, one year is focused on Luther’s Small Catechism (The Ten Commandments, The Apostles’ Creed, The Lord’s prayer, Confession, Holy Baptism, and Holy Communion).  The other year is focused on what it means...

Pastor’s Blog – June 2024

God’s Wordle My son Jake and I have this thing we do every day.  We play a game on our phone called “Wordle”.  It’s a short and simple game where you try to guess a five-letter word and you have six attempts to complete the task.  For us, it’s not just a matter of...

Pastor’s blog – November 2023

Those shiny headstones! If you’ve been by Salem lately, I’m sure you’ve noticed a change in a portion of the cemetery.  Recently, the Cemetery Committee contracted a company to clean the headstones in one of our older sections.  This section is right beside the road...

Pastor’s blog – June 2023

Faithful stewards During the month of June, our sermon time in worship will be a bit different.  We will be going through a series called “Living an Abundant Life”.  The purpose of this series is to invite and encourage us to remember that being a faithful steward in...

Pastor’s blog – May 2023

Come, Holy Spirit… Every morning during breakfast I play a little game on my phone called Wordle.  It’s an online game where you have 6 chances to figure out a 5-letter word.  If you select a correct letter that’s in the right spot, the letter turns green, if you...