December 5, 2011 - They took out their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh and gave them to him (Matthew 2:11). Christmas gift-giving has had an uneven history.   more...

November 7, 2011 - Greetings Dear Friends! National and global financial crises swirl around us, even as our Autumn leaves begin their dance. Concerns about future storm-driven power outages loom large as our communities recover from the October snows.   more...

September 2011 - Our Fall Season as a community of Faith is part of many new beginnings: some of you have sent a son or daughter off to college, high school, elementary school or Christian Day School for the FIRST time.   more...

Summer 2011 - The past few months at St. Paul Church have been full of activity and promise.   more...

March 2011 - Lenten Greetings Dear Friends!   more...

December 2010 - When [the magi] had heard the king, they set out; and here, ahead of them, went the star that they had seen at its rising, until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy.   more...

October 2010 - Greetings Dear Friends! Lately my days have been a blur of activity. I’ve been preoccupied with launching our new fall programming and the continued demands of settling into the parsonage, an older home which has been unoccupied for years.   more...

Summer 2010 - Greetings Dear Friends, I am convinced that when the end of the world comes, it will arrive not as two clashing armies on the brink of war, but as a "last straw": the keystroke that deletes a morning's worth of unsaved work; the telephone call that causes you heart to skip a beat; the request to perform yet another task.   more...

April/ May 2010 - Dear Friends, As I write this letter, the words from today’s Old Testament Reading from Isaiah are still ringing in my ears: Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old.   more...

February 2010 - Lenten Greetings Dear Friends! The Gospel of Luke tells us that, “When the days drew near for him [Jesus] to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem” (Lk 9:51). This image of Jesus “resolutely determined” – as another translation puts it – to journey toward his rendezvous with destiny is a fitting image for the season of Lent.   more...

January 2010 - “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God” (Matthew 5:7-9) Happy New Year Dear Friends!   more...

December 2009 - Greetings Dear Friends! As I write this article, it’s mid-November. . . two weeks before I begin my ministry as your Interim Pastor. And while this “call” has come about quite quickly for us all, the welcome and support I’ve received from St. Paul’s leadership and community during my two visits (and many e-mails and phone conversations) has been amazing! I look forward to our ministry together.   more...

November 2009 - Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Please welcome Interim Pastor Rhonda Hoehn (“Hane”) to St Paul! On December 1, Pastor Rhonda Hoehn will officially begin her duties as interim pastor; however, she will lead us in worship on Sunday, November, 29.   more...

October 2009 - Message From Pastor Michael Dickson Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Paul’s Church, Greetings to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! Bishop Rimbo and Pastor Koran, Assistant to the Bishop asked me to be the coverage pastor of St. Paul’s until you call an interim pastor or a regularly called pastor.   more...

June 2009 - What are you going to do? Since I announced my retirement in the middle of May, I have often been asked the above question. Of course, I thought about that before deciding to retire ...   more...

May 2009 - Christian holiness is not (as people often imagine) a matter of denying something good. It is about growing up and grasping something even better.   more...

April 2009 - It’s a great step forward that many churches now hold Easter vigils, as the Orthodox church has always done, but in many cases they are still too tame by half. Easter is about the wild delight of God’s creative power . . . we ought to shout Alleluias instead of murmuring them;   more...

March 2009 - LENT: There’s nothing new here or is there? According to Jaroslav Pelikan (A History of Christian Doctrine, Vol.2, U of C Press, 1974) in the 12th to the 15th centuries the term “new theologian” came to be used in a different way.   more...

February 2009 - From my report to the Annual Congregational Meeting (01/18/2009): We want you to know, brothers and sisters, about the grace of God that has been granted to the churches of Macedonia; for during a severe ordeal of affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. 2 Corinthians 8.1,2   more...

January 2009 - EPIPHANY (January 6) The Epiphany Gospel in Matthew tells the story of the visit of the magi. Meditating on that text Martin Luther wrote the following:   more...

December 2008 - A Season For Receiving   more...

November 2008 - 40 Years of Faithful Service, St. Paul Braille Workers, Work Center 43, Lutheran Braille Workers   more...

October 2008 - And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three. . . 1 Corinthians 13.13   more...